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Why emerging market peers have outpaced a collapsing SA

Today at 13:52 PM, via Daily Maverick

Unlike nations such as Poland, Singapore and South Korea, which engineered success through pragmatism, South Africa has authored its own decline via outdated ideological policies, astonishing incompetence and runaway corruption.

South Africa

Talks on efforts to accelerate climate change adaptation underway

Today at 13:09 PM, via SAnews

Talks on efforts to accelerate climate change adaptation underway

The Government of South Africa is hosting representatives from Kenya, Ghana, and the Netherlands in Johannesburg for discussions on strengthening national action to adapt to climate change impacts.

“Successful adaptation requires an integrated approach. This includes factors that turn adaptation planning into...

South Africa

Withdrawal of legal challenge of online verification service fees welcomed

Today at 12:18 PM, via SAnews

Withdrawal of legal challenge of online verification service fees welcomed

The Minister of Home Affairs, Dr Leon Schreiber, has welcomed the decision by the Association of Comms and Technology (ACT) to withdraw its court application challenging fee corrections related to the department’s Online Verification Service (OVS).

ACT had filed legal papers in December 2025 in the Gauteng...

Education

Liberia: U.S.$100k Modern School Facility for Louisiana Township

Today at 12:40 PM, via AllAfrica

[Liberian Observer] First Baptist Church of Louisiana has officially broken ground on a modern school facility valued at more than US$100,000, marking a major step in advancing its long-standing commitment to education and community development in Louisiana, Montserrado County.

Science/Tech

Air Force Pushed Out UFO Investigator

Today at 13:00 PM, via Slashdot

J. Allen Hynek started as an Air Force consultant brought in to help explain away early UFO reports, but over time he grew frustrated with what he saw as the government’s effort to minimize unexplained cases rather than seriously investigate them. Longtime Slashdot reader schwit1 shares an article from Popular Mechanics, in collaboration with Biography.com, that argues Hynek’s shift from...

Health

Are spider bites on the rise in England?

Yesterday at 12:55 PM, via BBC News

NHS figures for England suggest a small increase in admissions and experts say noble false widow spiders could be to blame.