In what has become a grimly familiar start to the academic year, Cape Peninsula University of Technology continues to struggle to place students in accommodation. Many have slept outside the District Six campus, while others are being moved into temporary housing. Their spokesperson says while they are ‘compassionate to those who apply and don’t get accepted’, their priority is to...
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb 3 (Reuters) – National Football League and federal law enforcement officials said on Tuesday there were no planned Immigration and Customs Enforcement operations for Sunday’s Super Bowl or the events leading up to it.
Local business development is being stifled by government regulations. Economic advisor Leon Louw believes the time is right for the Bay to bring about policy changes to stimulate economic growth. He says look at what some of the biggest economies around the world are doing, and then copy their models and policies.
BBC Senior international correspondent Orla Guerin joined a special operation over Colombia’s cocaine heartland, tasked with destroying crude cocaine labs hidden deep in the jungle.
Judicial review begins in high court over watchdog’s freedom of speech ruling that resulted in £585,000 fine
A ruling by an education watchdog that led to the University of Sussex being hit with a record £585,000 fine should be quashed as “unlawful”, “unreasonable” and “procedurally unfair”, a court has heard.
In a judicial review hearing before the high court in London on Tuesday, the...
[Premium Times] The textbook, “Living History”, reportedly excluded the history and culture of the Igbo people, according to several posts on social media.
[Daily Trust] The Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP) has distributed 900 laptops to beneficiaries of its scholarship scheme studying in Nigerian universities, marking the third batch of the exercise conducted within the country.
Four economists across Central European University, Bielefeld University and the Kiel Institute have built a general equilibrium model of the open-source software ecosystem and concluded that vibe coding — the increasingly common practice of letting AI agents select, assemble and modify packages on a developer’s behalf — erodes the very funding mechanism that keeps open-source projects alive....
Right-wing influencers who were instrumental in spreading allegations of fraud in Minnesota ahead of ICE’s surge are now going after a number of California’s social welfare programs.
WADDINXVEEN, Netherlands – SGL System, the global leader in professional turf technology, today announced the launch of SGL Golf, a specialized division and technology ecosystem dedicated to the unique demands of the golf industry. This move marks a strategic expansion for the company, bringing more than 20 years of experience supporting the world’s most iconic sports […]
Africa’s development finance challenge has reached a critical point. Mounting debt pressure is squeezing fiscal space. And essential needs in infrastructure, health and education remain unmet. The continent’s governments urgently need affordable access to international capital markets. Yet many continue to face borrowing costs that make development finance unviable. Sovereign credit ratings...
Parasites and infections that cause blindness and other disabilities were nearly eliminated in some countries, but drug distribution to prevent and treat them was derailed in many places in 2025 after the U.S. cut aid.
A long-term study of 292 families linked fathers’ parenting style to their children’s heart health years later. To researchers’ surprise, no such link was found with mothers.