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Why switching Forex brokers at the right time can be a game-changing decision most traders delay too long

Today at 15:18 PM, via Mail & Guardian

Most South African traders spend years refining entries, indicators, and risk rules, but they often ignore the one decision that can quietly reshape everything: who they trade through. In Johannesburg, Pretoria, Cape Town, and Durban, it is common to see traders blame the market for poor fills or frustrating spreads, when the real issue is […]

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South Africa’s new electricity crisis

Today at 15:00 PM, via Newsday

While President Cyril Ramaphosa celebrates the end of loadshedding, the plan to fix a new electricity crisis, load reduction, is falling behind schedule and proving more difficult.

South Africa

R16m upgrade revitalises Kelvin Jones wastewater treatment plant

Today at 14:38 PM, via SAnews

R16m upgrade revitalises Kelvin Jones wastewater treatment plant

The Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality’s commitment to improving water and sanitation infrastructure is bearing fruit with the R16 million refurbishment of the Kelvin Jones Wastewater Treatment Plant in Kariega.

The upgraded facility plays a critical role in supporting major industries within the metro, including...

Business

Trump’s new man lands in Pretoria

Today at 15:36 PM, via BusinessTech

US President Donald Trump’s pick for ambassador to South Africa, conservative activist and writer Leo Brent Bozell III, on Monday presented his credentials to South Africa’s government.

Business

Criminal mafias selling South Africa for as little as R500

Today at 14:40 PM, via BusinessTech

The Special Investigating Unit (SIU) has uncovered grand corruption within the Department of Home Affairs, where criminal syndicates formed among officials, selling visas and permits from as little as R500.

Education

Epstein files cast pall among US faculty and students: ‘I just feel a deep disappointment’

Today at 14:00 PM, via The Guardian

Ties to the disgraced financier run deep through the academic world, documents released by the DoJ show

Major institutions of higher education in the US are reckoning with the latest release of the Epstein files after discovering the disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein’s relationships with board members, professors and administrators on campuses across the country.

In some cases, professors...

Education

About 270,000 fewer children in England to get EHCPs under Send overhaul

Today at 13:00 PM, via The Guardian

New special educational needs regime to result in far fewer children being given education, health and care plans

UK politics live – latest updates

Hundreds of thousands fewer children with special educational needs and disabilities (Send) will be given education, health and care plans (EHCPs) as a result of long-awaited changes announced by the education secretary on Monday.

Bridget Phillipson...

Education

Martin Lewis ambushes Badenoch on Good Morning Britain over student loans plan

Today at 12:30 PM, via The Guardian

Finance campaigner marches on to set and tells Tory leader her policy to cut interest rates will only help top earners

UK politics live – latest updates

Kemi Badenoch has faced what could be described as the stuff of nightmares for a UK politician being interviewed about a personal finance policy: being ambushed and contradicted live on air by Martin Lewis.

As the Conservative leader was being...

Science/Tech

Is AI Impacting Which Programming Language Projects Use?

Today at 14:34 PM, via Slashdot

“In August 2025, TypeScript surpassed both Python and JavaScript to become the most-used language on GitHub for the first time ever…” writes GitHub’s senior developer advocate. They point to this as proof that “AI isn’t just speeding up coding. It’s reshaping which languages, frameworks, and tools developers choose in the first place.”Eighty percent of new developers on GitHub use Copilot...

Motoring

PG Glass and Glasfit in hot water in South Africa

Today at 13:00 PM, via TopAuto

South Africa’s largest retail motor industry trade union has criticized PG Glass and Glassfit following allegations that both companies engaged in price fixing for over two decades.