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South Africa

Limpopo MEC urges road safety ahead of May Day rallies

Today at 15:49 PM, via SAnews

Limpopo MEC urges road safety ahead of May Day rallies

Limpopo MEC for Transport and Community Safety, Violet Mathye, has called on motorists, public transport operators and workers travelling to the Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) May Day event to prioritise road safety, as traffic volumes are expected to spike over this long weekend.

The Cosatu national May Day...

South Africa

Manhunt on for attackers of Crime Intelligence officers

Today at 15:27 PM, via SAnews

Manhunt on for attackers of Crime Intelligence officers

Acting National Commissioner Lieutenant General Puleng Dimpane says maximum resources have been mobilised to hunt down a group of criminals who attacked two Crime Intelligence officers this afternoon in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal.

The attack on the Crime Intelligence officers happened in the Mount Edgecombe area.

A member who was...

South Africa

President sets 4 November 2026 as date for Local Government Elections

Today at 15:21 PM, via SAnews

President sets 4 November 2026 as date for Local Government Elections

President Cyril Ramaphosa has officially announced 4 November 2026 as the date for South Africa’s upcoming Local Government Elections, setting the stage for political parties and voters to begin preparations.

The President made the announcement on Thursday during the Extended Presidential Coordinating Council...

Sport

England to leave Tottenham in summer

Today at 17:02 PM, via BBC News

Tottenham captain Bethany England can leave “feeling proud” of what she has achieved at the club, says managing director Andy Rogers.

Education

Kenya: State Funding to Public Universities Drops By Sh13bn

Today at 15:35 PM, via AllAfrica

[Capital FM] Nairobi — Public universities have recorded a sharp decline in government funding over the past three years, according to data from the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS).

Education

Kenya: No, Kenya Has Not Postponed the Reopening of Schools Due to Floods

Today at 14:25 PM, via AllAfrica

[Africa Check] IN SHORT: Widely circulated social media posts claim Kenya delayed school reopening in April 2026 due to floods, with some using a “breaking news” graphic and a clip of president William Ruto. But the claims are false and use old footage taken out of context.

Science/Tech

OpenAI Codex System Prompt Includes Explicit Directive To ‘Never Talk About Goblins’

Today at 17:00 PM, via Slashdot

An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: The system prompt for OpenAI’s Codex CLI contains a perplexing and repeated warning for the most recent GPT model to “never talk about goblins, gremlins, raccoons, trolls, ogres, pigeons, or other animals or creatures unless it is absolutely and unambiguously relevant to the user’s query.” The explicit operational warning was made public...

Science/Tech

Active-duty US soldiers to receive psychedelic drugs for PTSD next year

Today at 17:00 PM, via The Guardian

Hope that sessions of MDMA-assisted therapy could help soldiers fight longer by helping them process trauma

As the war on drugs approaches its end, a new doctrine could soon take hold: psychedelic drugs for active-duty soldiers suffering from PTSD.

In two studies funded by the Department of Defense (DoD), 186 service personnel with PTSD will likely next year undergo multiple sessions of...