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ANALYSIS: Joburg’s post-election coalition puzzle could make for intriguing future bedfellows

Today at 22:05 PM, via Daily Maverick

The focus of the local government election in Joburg has been on the campaigns of the DA and the demise of governance under the ANC, but the real complexity may be slightly obscured. The electoral maths suggest the most likely outcomes are coalition combinations involving the DA and ANC, or the ANC, EFF and MK. But much is still uncertain.

South Africa

Bafana Bafana have the nation behind them

Today at 21:15 PM, via SAnews

Bafana Bafana have the nation behind them

President Cyril Ramaphosa says Bafana Bafana will carry the hopes and dreams of the nation with them as they head to the FIFA World Cup, which will be held in Mexico, the United States of America, and Canada from next month.

The President said this on Wednesday night during a send-off dinner for the men’s national football squad and...

Africa

Eswatini’s oil reserve gamble

Today at 03:25 AM, via Mail & Guardian

Eswatini has signed a $300 million agreement with Taiwan to build a massive strategic oil reserve but the project is raising difficult questions in a country battling deepening poverty, soaring unemployment and allegations of elite enrichment

Africa

PSG’s Hakimi in Morocco squad despite injury

Yesterday at 22:29 PM, via BBC News

Morocco captain Achraf Hakimi is named in the Atlas Lions’ World Cup squad despite the injury he sustained in the Champions League semi-finals against Bayern Munich.

Politics

ANC NWC resolve to show Tolashe the door

Today at 12:03 PM, via Mail & Guardian

The decisions follows the working committee’s meeting on monday where it resolved that Tolashe should resign as an MP and the president of the ANC’s woman league

Education

‘A tax on ambition’: graduates tell all to student loans inquiry

Today at 18:01 PM, via The Guardian

Treasury select committee hears that interest rate and repayment terms are ‘extortionate’ and ‘not reasonable’

Thousands of graduates have told an official inquiry their horror stories and bad experiences relating to student loans, underlining what the chair of an MPs’ committee called massive levels of “frustration and upset”.

Amid an ongoing row over the ballooning cost of degree course...

Science/Tech

The AI Fight Brewing Inside the New York Times

Today at 22:20 PM, via Slashdot

An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Verge: How newsrooms should use AI — or if they should at all — has been a recurrent debate within the media industry over the last several years. Increasingly, these rules are being hammered out at the bargaining table between unions and publishers. Right now, employees at The New York Times are gearing up for a fight. Unionized staff with the Tech...

Science/Tech

YouTube To Automatically Detect, Label AI-Generated Videos

Today at 21:40 PM, via Slashdot

YouTube will begin automatically labeling videos when its systems detect “significant” photorealistic AI use, while also making AI-content disclosures more visible below long-form videos and directly on Shorts. “We’ve heard consistently from our community that they value transparency when it comes to generative AI content,” YouTube said in a blog post. “These changes are designed to balance...

Science/Tech

Roku Updates Its UI For the First Time In a Decade

Today at 20:00 PM, via Slashdot

Roku is rolling out its first major homescreen update in a decade. The UI doesn’t look too dramatically different, but users will notice more personalization-driven changes, including frequently used apps, “top picks,” household-specific layouts, and recommendations based on viewing habits. Rest assured, Engadget adds, “Everything is still in various shades of purple and Roku City is still...

Health

KFF’s Chief Executive to Retire

Today at 21:01 PM, via New York Times

Drew Altman, who transformed KFF from a little-known family foundation to a major source of U.S. health policy research, will step down at the end of the year.

Health

‘When I was 14 I thought I was dying’

Today at 15:43 PM, via BBC News

BBC Radio Sheffield presenter Ellie Colton’s symptoms of endometriosis started when she was a young teenager. But she wasn’t diagnosed until she was 24.