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Draper brings Murray into coaching team

Today at 17:04 PM, via BBC News

Britain’s Jack Draper brings Andy Murray into his coaching team for the grass-court season after parting company with Jamie Delgado.

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Audi previews interior of new Q9 flagship SUV

Today at 17:00 PM, via SowetanLIVE

If you found the Audi Q7 a bit of a squeeze, you’ll be pleased to know that the Ingolstadt giant will soon launch its larger Q9 — a family-friendly behemoth with an even greater appetite for people and luggage.

Business

Bad news for domestic workers in South Africa

Today at 16:40 PM, via BusinessTech

Domestic worker jobs in the country have once again declined, with unions flagging ongoing issues with pay, protections and ill treatment by employers.

Business

South Africa in major trade deal with China

Today at 15:00 PM, via BusinessTech

South Africa is busy finalising the legal framework needed for a new major trade scheme with the People’s Republic of China that kicked off this month.

Science/Tech

First Real-Time Brain-Controlled Hearing Device

Today at 17:00 PM, via Slashdot

Researchers at Columbia demonstrated the first real-time brain-controlled hearing system that can identify which speaker a listener is focusing on in a noisy environment and automatically amplify that voice while suppressing others. “This breakthrough addresses the ‘cocktail party effect,’ a major limitation of conventional hearing aids, which often struggle to distinguish between overlapping...

Science/Tech

Africa Has The World’s Greatest Genetic Diversity, Yet It’s Missing From Research: We’re Filling The Gap

Today at 16:24 PM, via Tech Financials

Throughout history, most of the world’s genomic research has relied on DNA data from people of European ancestry. A genome is the full DNA code of about three billion (a thousand million) bases, including all the chromosomes. Each person has two genomes: one from their mother and the other from their father. Well resourced environments […]

Science/Tech

SA Government Allocates Nearly R31 Billion To SANRAL

Today at 16:10 PM, via Tech Financials

The South African National Roads Agency (SANRAL) is expected to receive almost R31 billion this year to maintain, rehabilitate, upgrade and expand the road network. “These funds will be used for capital expenditure on the non-toll network, the Gauteng Freeway Improvement project operations; the N2 Wild Coast route for ongoing construction on major bridges, and […]