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OUR CITY NEWS: How a Joburg-based designer is turning waste into fashion

Today at 15:51 PM, via Daily Maverick

Tucked inside the creative heartbeat of Victoria Yards is a studio buzzing with colour, character and quiet revolution. It belongs to Lise Kuhle, the owner of Eco Smart Group and a Joburg-based designer whose work has become synonymous with sustainability and the iconic seshweshwe fabric.

South Africa

Visitors flock to Durban as city experiences bumper festive season

Today at 14:17 PM, via SAnews

Visitors flock to Durban as city experiences bumper festive season

The eThekwini Municipality is experiencing a bumper festive season, with visitors to the city contributing an economic boom of some R6 billion to the city’s coffers.

This according to Municipal Mayor Cyril Xaba, who briefed the media on Monday.

“From December 1 to date, we have received 490 152 visitors. Hotel...

South Africa

Presight Opens Applications For Second AI Accelerator Cohort

Today at 13:59 PM, via iAfrica

Presight has opened applications for the second cohort of its AI Accelerator program, expanding its efforts to scale market-ready artificial intelligence solutions and accelerate the commercial adoption of advanced technologies. The global initiative is aimed at fast-tracking applied AI products with the potential to deliver significant real-world impact. Applications are open to AI startups,...

South Africa

Ghana, UAE sign $1bn deal to build major AI and innovation hub

Today at 13:56 PM, via iAfrica

Ghana and the United Arab Emirates have signed a $1 billion strategic investment agreement to develop what is being positioned as Africa’s largest integrated innovation and artificial intelligence hub, aimed at expanding Ghana’s digital capacity and serving regional and global markets. The project forms part of a broader bilateral partnership between the two countries and […]

Africa

Malawian state’s rhetoric belies reality

Friday at 04:24 AM, via Mail & Guardian

Communities grapple daily with failing health services, entrenched corruption and gender inequality, leaving women and girls literally walking for survival

Business

South Africans are paying more tax than ever before

Today at 16:00 PM, via BusinessTech

Finance minister Enoch Godongwana says that South Africa’s tax to GDP ratio is the highest it has ever been, with taxpayers struggling under the worst tax burden on record.

Business

Huge blow to Eskom’s ‘secret’ R54 billion deal

Today at 14:49 PM, via BusinessTech

The ‘secret’ R54 billion settlement deal between power utility Eskom and energy regulator Nersa has been nixed by the High Court, until the public has been sufficiently consulted.

Education

More Abducted Nigerian Children Released, Government Says

Today at 13:09 PM, via New York Times

A spokesman for the Nigerian government said that the “remaining” students from a Catholic school had been freed, but the Diocese said only that a “second batch” had been released.

Education

Ghana: Global Conference Champions Inclusive Education and Employment for Persons With Disabilities

Today at 12:52 PM, via AllAfrica

[Ghanaian Times] The International Conference on Bridging Employment and Inclusive Education/TVET was successfully held virtually on Saturday, December 6, 2025, bringing together 992 participants from around the world. The conference focused on transforming education, Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET), and employment for learners with autism, intellectual, and developmental...

Science/Tech

Patches of the moon to become spacecraft graveyards, say researchers

Today at 16:00 PM, via The Guardian

As number of lunar satellites soars, sites will be marked out where defunct hardware can be crash-landed

Patches of the moon are destined to become spacecraft graveyards where dead lunar satellites and other defunct hardware can be crashed into the ground, far away from sites of cultural and scientific importance, researchers say.

The number of satellites circling the moon is set to soar in the...

Science/Tech

Is Xbox Betting on Cross-Platform Gaming?

Today at 14:34 PM, via Slashdot

A “slew of layoffs, price hikes and studio closures” for Microsoft’s Xbox “have led many to declare — not for the first time — that the Xbox is dead,” reports CNBC. Or is it just changing its business model?The company’s overall gaming revenue decreased 2% year-over-year, with a 29% dip in Xbox hardware sales, according to Microsoft’s first-quarter earnings for fiscal 2026. The broader...

Health

Living and Light

Yesterday at 19:40 PM, via BBC News

Illuminating new science on artificial light and our health.

Health

What Is ‘Functional Freeze’?

Yesterday at 12:00 PM, via New York Times

The term has been popularized on social media to describe numbness and low motivation. Experts offer ways to break out of these feelings.