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Bobby Blanco steps into his own spotlight

Today at 10:35 AM, via SowetanLIVE

Bobby Blanco is living his best TV life, and he’s not holding back. The media personality is now the face of She Is DJ on SABC 1, a docu-reality series that’ll give viewers a front-row seat to the daily grind, beats, and glow-ups of 13 of the country’s ho

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Two new Constitutional Court judges appointed

Today at 10:33 AM, via SowetanLIVE

President Cyril Ramaphosa has appointed justice Nambitha Dambuza-Mayosi and justice Katharine Savage as judges of the Constitutional Court.

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WATCH LIVE | Khampepe commission of inquiry into TRC

Today at 10:06 AM, via SowetanLIVE

The TRC cases inquiry, probing efforts to stall the investigation and prosecution of apartheid-era perpetrators, is taking place in Newtown, Johannesburg, on Friday.

South Africa

President appoints two Judges of the Constitutional Court

Today at 10:28 AM, via SAnews

President appoints two Judges of the Constitutional Court

President Cyril Ramaphosa has appointed Justice Nambitha Christabel Dambuza-Mayosi and Justice Katharine Mary Savage as Judges of the Constitutional Court with effect from 1 May 2026.

President Ramaphosa has made these appointments after consultation with Chief Justice Mandisa Maya and leaders of political parties...

South Africa

SA learners crowned African Spelling Bee champions

Today at 10:14 AM, via SAnews

SA learners crowned African Spelling Bee champions

The Minister of Basic Education, Siviwe Gwarube, has officially received the African Spelling Bee Championship trophy from South African learners who secured first place at the continental competition held in Harare, Zimbabwe.

Team South Africa emerged as overall champions at the Africa leg of the spelling bee competition, with...

South Africa

Bolobedu Solar Plant fires up SA’s energy security

Today at 08:32 AM, via SAnews

Bolobedu Solar Plant fires up SA’s energy security

Government has welcomed the successful commissioning of the Bolobedu Solar Plant, a 148-megawatt (MW) photovoltaic facility in Limpopo province.

The plant was completed in April 2026 and commissioned by mineral resources company, Rio Tinto. 

“This milestone represents a significant contribution to South Africa’s ongoing efforts...

Sport

Costelow out for season facing Wales fitness race

Today at 10:33 AM, via BBC News

Fly-half Sam Costelow will miss the rest of Scarlets’ season after ankle surgery and faces a race to be fit for Wales’ Nations Championship campaign in July.

Education

Congo-Kinshasa: Friends of the Congo – Centering the Voices of Congolese Peoples

Today at 06:37 AM, via AllAfrica

[U.S.-Africa Bridge Building Project] For 25 years, Friends of the Congo has worked to pull back the curtain on one of the world’s most resource-rich yet persistently impoverished nations — the Democratic Republic of Congo. Through education, advocacy, and community support, the Washington, D.C.-based organization has built a global network dedicated to centering the voices of Congolese people...

Science/Tech

Particles Seen Emerging From Empty Space For First Time

Today at 09:00 AM, via Slashdot

Longtime Slashdot reader fahrbot-bot shares a report from NewScientist: According to quantum chromodynamics (QCD) — widely considered to be our best theory for describing the strong force, which binds quarks inside protons and neutrons — even a perfect vacuum isn’t truly empty. Instead, it is filled with short-lived disturbances in the underlying energy of space that flicker in and out of...