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South Africa

Government strengthening criminal justice system and rooting out corruption

Today at 12:52 PM, via SAnews

Government strengthening criminal justice system and rooting out corruption

President Cyril Ramaphosa says government is reforming and strengthening the criminal justice system, rooting out corruption and building a police service and a prosecuting authority in which people can have trust and confidence.

“We call on all South Africans to be part of this work, to build communities,...

Education

What the parties promise Welsh voters on the NHS, schools, childcare and tax

Today at 17:00 PM, via The Guardian

Labour, Plaid Cymru, Reform, the Greens, the Tories and the Lib Dems set out competing plans but offer little detail on how they would pay for them

The parties most likely to win the Senedd election next month offer radically different futures for Wales, but all six are facing criticism for not being “upfront” in their manifestos about the fiscal challenges the next Welsh government will...

Education

Namibia: Epupa Teachers Graduate Under Readiness Initiative

Today at 15:49 PM, via AllAfrica

[New Era] Opuwo — A total of 49 pre-primary teachers from the Epupa circuit, comprising six males and 43 females, graduated at Opuwo recently, after completing a 10-month training programme under the School Readiness Initiative (SRI) project.

Education

Namibia: Teachers Fume Over Removed Bush Allowance

Today at 15:49 PM, via AllAfrica

[New Era] The Minister of Education, Innovation, Youth, Sports, Arts and Culture, Sanet Steenkamp, has responded to concerns raised by teachers following the reduction and in some cases removal of bush (remoteness and hardship) allowances.

Entertainment

The Swartland Rally was a test of man and machine!

Today at 16:00 PM, via The Citizen

Despite it being this writer’s first time on gravel, and a rally that threw up some mechanical challenges, we finished and banked valuable points in the championship.

Science/Tech

MicroBT Announces Strategic Investment into Blockware, Strengthening a Key Industry Alliance

Today at 17:09 PM, via Tech Financials

HOUSTON, TX  Blockware, a vertically integrated infrastructure platform spanning AI/HPC compute infrastructure, Bitcoin Mining, data center hosting, and marketplace liquidity, today announced a strategic partnership with MicroBT, one of the world’s largest manufacturers of Bitcoin mining hardware. The partnership pairs a large strategic investment in Blockware with a long-term procurement...

Science/Tech

DeepSeek V4 Arrives With Near State-of-the-Art Intelligence At 1/6th the Cost

Today at 17:00 PM, via Slashdot

An anonymous reader quotes a report from VentureBeat: The whale has resurfaced. DeepSeek, the Chinese AI startup offshoot of High-Flyer Capital Management quantitative analysis firm, became a near-overnight sensation globally in January 2025 with the release of its open source R1 model that matched proprietary U.S. giants. It’s been an epoch in AI since then, and while DeepSeek has released...

Science/Tech

Altman, Musk and the A.I. Spectacle Come to Oakland

Today at 16:11 PM, via New York Times

Oakland, Calif., where Elon Musk’s trial against OpenAI and its chief executive, Sam Altman, starts on Monday, is not exactly known as a hub of the tech industry.