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South Africa

AI Workloads and Component Shortages Reshape Data Storage Economics for Enterprises

Today at 15:46 PM, via iAfrica

By Hemant Harie, Group CTO at Data Management Professionals South Africa Enterprises are being battered by a perfect storm in data storage. Artificial Intelligence (AI) workloads consume capacity at a pace no legacy architecture can sustain, component shortages choke global supply chains, and hardware costs and lead times have become erratic enough to derail even […]

South Africa

FMD restrictions lifted in KZN as vaccine rollout accelerates

Today at 15:15 PM, via SAnews

FMD restrictions lifted in KZN as vaccine rollout accelerates

Government has formally lifted FMD restrictions within the KwaZulu-Natal Disease Management Area (DMA), signalling a shift in strategy as vaccination efforts intensify nationwide.

Agriculture Minister John Steenhuisen said the decision is not merely administrative, but that “it is rooted in a shift in the...

Sport

Well-known Springbok retires at 33

Today at 16:58 PM, via The South African

It has been confirmed that a well-known Springbok has opted to retire after batting with an unfortunate injury issue.

Sport

Todd ruled out of North West 200

Today at 16:08 PM, via BBC News

Davey Todd is told he will not be allowed to race at the 2026 North West 200 international road race as the Chief Medical Officer rules that his injuries from a crash at Daytona have not recovered sufficiently.

Education

Africa: After Cyclone Gezani – Madagascar’s Resilient Response to Restoring Energy and Connectivity in Public Higher Education

Today at 18:00 PM, via AllAfrica

[World Bank] Students woke up on February 11, 2026, to a campus unrecognizable. At the Public University of Barikadimy in Toamasina, roofs had vanished, classrooms were flooded, books drifted in muddy water, and electricity lines lay useless on the ground. “It feels like I’m walking through a real nightmare,” said Haingomalala, a student in Management. “Cyclone Gezani swept everything away and...

Lifestyle

RIP | Popular Good Hope FM DJ dies

Today at 15:57 PM, via The South African

Good Hope FM has confirmed the passing of one of its own, Lorenzo Darries, who died following a courageous battle with heart disease.

Entertainment

24 hours in pictures, 5 May 2026

Today at 17:30 PM, via The Citizen

Through the lens: The Citizen’s Picture Editors select the best news photographs from South Africa and around the world.

Science/Tech

VS Code Update Added Copilot As Default Co-Author To Git Commits

Today at 18:00 PM, via Slashdot

Longtime Slashdot reader UnknowingFool writes: On April 15, 2026, a Microsoft employee made a change to Visual Studio Code and pushed it within 8 hours without review, notification, or documentation. The change added “Co-authored-by: Copilot” by default to the end of commit messages in Git when Copilot was used in creating the code. However, the implementation was bugged, and the message was...

Science/Tech

Richard Dawkins concludes AI is conscious, even if it doesn’t know it

Today at 17:17 PM, via The Guardian

Chats with AI bots have convinced evolutionary biologist but most experts say he is being misled by mimicry

When Richard Dawkins met Claudia it was like a whirlwind romance. Over three days last week, a conversation bounced between the evolutionary biologist and the AI bot he called Claudia. “She” wrote poems for him in the manner of Keats and Betjeman and laughed at his “delightful”...

Motoring

Good news about diesel prices in South Africa

Today at 17:02 PM, via TopAuto

The government made an error in its diesel price calculation for May 2026, and motorists can expect to pay less than previously reported.