SYDNEY, April 22 (Reuters) – Australia’s internet regulator on Wednesday asked online gaming platforms including Roblox RBLX.N and Microsoft’s MSFT.O Minecraft to spell out how they were protecting children from grooming by sexual predators and youth from radicalisation.

WASHINGTON/DUBAI, April 22 (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump said he would indefinitely extend the ceasefire with Iran to allow for further peace talks, although it was not clear on Wednesday if Iran or Israel, the U.S. ally in the two-month war, would agree.

A Daily Maverick investigation has established that the former chief of staff and the current special adviser to Social Development Minister Sisisi Tolashe fraudulently claimed work experience involving late Minister Hlengiwe Mkhize.

South Africa’s police experienced a wild 72 hours, and that’s really saying something. National Commissioner Fannie Masemola has appeared in the dock a day after another senior colleague did the same. Meanwhile, a suspended provincial police boss held a ‘rogue’ press conference and levelled cover-up claims.

Whether his comments and insults were meant as threats or not, judicial authorities are not taking them lightly, and EFF leader Julius Malema’s remarks following his sentencing could have a lasting impact on court proceedings.

Nelson Mandela Bay is again under threat of losing National Treasury grant funding after missing key deadlines and failing to submit required financial governance documents.

The Judicial Service Commission rectifies the Mbenenge misconduct decision, enhancing the reputation of the judiciary, but struggles with identity politics in judicial appointments, undermining merit-based evaluations.

Rather than the failures of incumbent municipal leadership, the deeper, more pressing matter confronting local governance in South Africa is the apparent lack of willingness and/or ability among South Africa’s citizen followers to vote competent and ethical leadership into power.

South Africa successfully negotiated for five stone fruits from South Africa to be exported to China duty-free, but such access for other fruits could take up to 10 years.

Global markets have shrugged off both war and tariffs. For the moment, the optimists are winning.

You know the story about the state-owned national carrier that was turning a corner in its finances, and then the CEO who steered the company away from business rescue resigned before he could present to the parliamentary portfolio committee? Buckle up for the turbulent times.

As fuel costs soar, it’s probably time to get real about our dependency on the internal combustion engine in urban South Africa, and potentially shifting to alternatives. Think solar power, scooters and a much quieter Sandton Drive.

LIMA, April 21 (Reuters) – The head of Peru’s electoral authority, Piero Corvetto, resigned on Tuesday pressure grows over the long delayed results from the country’s April 12 general election.

NEW YORK, April 21 (Reuters) – Meta META.O is installing new tracking software on U.S.-based employees’ computers to capture mouse movements, clicks and keystrokes for use in training its artificial intelligence models, part of a broad initiative to build AI agents that can perform work tasks autonomously, the company told staffers in internal memos seen by Reuters.

Nelson Mandela Bay mayor Babalwa Lobishe’s admission in Parliament that the R25m transformer lease to Coega Steels was irregular has triggered a council motion calling for consequence management, intensifying political pressure over the controversial deal.

Nelson Mandela Bay is facing renewed scrutiny as politicians demand a full forensic investigation after 21 officials are implicated in a scandal involving R35m in mismanaged streetlight contracts.