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From US‘s carnage to Israel’s apocalypse

Today at 18:54 PM, via Mail & Guardian

The genocidal mentality of the US and Israel is a supremacist nexus of settler colonialism and endless wars. With Trump and Israel’s Benjamin Netanyahu presiding, the logic replicates with renewed force.

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Lack of principled African leadership, action in Sudan

Today at 18:51 PM, via Mail & Guardian

What began in April 2023 as a power struggle between the leaders of the SAF and RSF has evolved into widespread abuses, generating the world’s largest humanitarian crisis, with more than 14 million people displaced and famine spreading

South Africa

President Ramaphosa to address Global Inequality Dialogue

Today at 17:23 PM, via SAnews

President Ramaphosa to address Global Inequality Dialogue

President Cyril Ramaphosa will on Friday deliver a keynote address to the public Global Inequality Dialogue at the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg.“During its 2025 G20 Presidency, South Africa commissioned the first-ever global inequality report from a committee of independent experts led by Nobel Laureate...

South Africa

President Ramaphosa appoints Acting National Police Commissioner

Today at 17:22 PM, via SAnews

President Ramaphosa appoints Acting National Police Commissioner

President Cyril Ramaphosa has appointed the South African Police Service’s (SAPS) Divisional Commissioner for Financial Management Services, Lieutenant-General Puleng Dimpane, as the Acting National Commissioner of Police.This after National Police Commissioner General Fannie Masemola was placed on precautionary...

South Africa

Police Commissioner General Masemola placed on precautionary suspension

Today at 17:19 PM, via SAnews

Police Commissioner General Masemola placed on precautionary suspension

President Cyril Ramaphosa has placed National Police Commissioner General Fannie Masemola on precautionary suspension following his appearance in the Pretoria Magistrate’s Court earlier this week.

The President held a media briefing together with Acting Police Minister Professor Firoz Cachalia at the Union...

Education

The cinema lab: brain activity tracked to find secret to creating immersive films

Today at 16:00 PM, via The Guardian

Bristol University project aims to help directors make better movies and take greater risks – with one already onboard

At first glance, it looks like any high-end cinema: booming surround sound, a razor-sharp 4K projector and rows of reclining seats. But instead of clutching popcorn, a headset records my brain activity and a heart rate monitor wraps around my arm while infra-red cameras capture...

Entertainment

24 hours in pictures, 23 April 2026

Today at 18:30 PM, via The Citizen

Through the lens: The Citizen’s Picture Editors select the best news photographs from South Africa and around the world.

Science/Tech

Microsoft Plans First-Ever Voluntary Employee Buyout

Today at 19:00 PM, via Slashdot

Microsoft plans to offer voluntary buyouts for the first time. According to CNBC, “about 7% of U.S. employees are eligible,” with the program being “available to U.S. workers at the senior director level and below whose years of employment and age add up to 70 or higher.” Further details will be provided on May 7. From the report: Last year Microsoft removed some costs through multiple rounds...

Science/Tech

Elon Musk and Sam Altman’s Epic Fight Heads to Court

Today at 18:31 PM, via New York Times

A jury trial that is set to start on Monday could shift the course of the A.I. race, with Mr. Musk seeking billions of dollars in damages from Mr. Altman’s OpenAI.

Science/Tech

New York Sues Coinbase and Gemini, Seeking To Halt Unlicensed Prediction Market Businesses

Today at 18:15 PM, via Slashdot

An anonymous reader quotes a report from the Associated Press: New York is suing Coinbase and Gemini, two of the newest players in the prediction market industry, arguing that the companies’ unregulated and unlicensed platforms are illegal gambling operations. Attorney General Letitia James’ lawsuit, filed Tuesday in state court in Manhattan, seeks to bar the companies’ platforms from operating...

Motoring

South African Airways on thin ice

Today at 15:11 PM, via TopAuto

The AGSA has warned that SAA is at risk of being declared insolvent in the next 12 months.

Health

‘Adenomyosis ruined my life’

Today at 07:07 AM, via BBC News

Rachel Moore is raising awareness for adenomyosis a womb disease which she said has ruined her life.