A dual rise in authoritarianism and the degradation of democracy are among the foremost threats to the global order. This sounds like the stuff of doom and despair, but the most recent International Civil Society Week left delegates with hope for the future.
As AI becomes integral to public services, its impact on democracy hinges on governance choices today, shaping whether technology fosters inclusion or undermines it.
Another collapse of the City of Johannesburg’s electronic billing and payments platform has triggered a major administrative own goal affecting roughly 1.5 million municipal accounts.
Public Protector Kholeka Gcaleka has recused herself from the investigation into how Parliament secretary Xolile George’s salary ballooned more than 88% since 2022.
[New Era] Bank Windhoek, together with the Ministry of Education, Innovation, Youth, Sports, Arts and Culture, and the African Leadership Institute (ALI), recently hosted a mathematics training workshop for Grade 8 and 9 teachers.
[Daily News] Dodoma — New schools have been constructed and district, regional and referral hospitals have been equipped to provide specialised and superspecialised healthcare services.
[Leadership] The new vice-chancellor of Rev. Fr. Moses Orshio Adasu University, formerly Benue State University, Prof. Timothy Terseer Alabar, has assumed duties and unveiled plans to reposition the institution for research, growth, infrastructure development and academic excellence.
[Leadership] The Danmodi Students Care Initiative has trained 2,500 Almajiri in various vocational skills and provided them with startup packages to complement the Jigawa State Government’s efforts in tackling street begging, promoting job creation, and eradicating poverty.
An anonymous reader shares a report: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is “close” to cutting business ties with Anthropic and designating the AI company a “supply chain risk” — meaning anyone who wants to do business with the U.S. military has to cut ties with the company, a senior Pentagon official told Axios. The senior official said: “It will be an enormous pain in the ass to disentangle, and...
A measles outbreak among unvaccinated children in London comes amid a global increase in infections
A measles outbreak in London is affecting unvaccinated children under the age of 10, and comes amid an increase in infections globally.
The UK was among six countries to lose the measles-free status granted by the World Health Organization (WHO) last month. Experts are calling on governments to...
Sony is considering delaying the debut of its next PlayStation console to 2028 or even 2029 as a global shortage of memory chips — driven by the AI industry’s rapidly growing appetite for the same DRAM that goes into gaming hardware, smartphones, and laptops — squeezes supply and sends prices surging, Bloomberg News reported Monday. A delay of that magnitude would upend Sony’s carefully...