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A nugget of hope in the inner city

Today at 09:00 AM, via Mail & Guardian

Remington House, a once-notorious hijacked building in Johannesburg, has been transformed into fully let student housing, illustrating what is possible when intervention is followed through

South Africa

Botswana Minerals Uses AI to Identify Copper and Polymetallic Targets in Ngamiland

Today at 10:30 AM, via iAfrica

Botswana Minerals is deploying artificial intelligence alongside conventional geological methods to accelerate mineral exploration across its licenses in Ngamiland, with early results revealing significant copper, silver, lead and zinc anomalies in the Damara Belt. Phase 1 of the program has produced three notable findings across the company’s 7,074 square kilometers in the north-eastern...

South Africa

Mozambique Plans to Digitize 63 Health Facilities With $40 Million World Bank Investment

Today at 10:20 AM, via iAfrica

Mozambican health authorities have announced a plan to digitize 63 health facilities as part of a broader strategy to modernize the country’s health system, introduce artificial intelligence and expand telemedicine services, funded by a $40 million World Bank disbursement. José Manuel, national director of planning in the Ministry of Health, announced the initiative on the […]

South Africa

Condolences continue for retired Judge President 

Today at 10:11 AM, via SAnews

Condolences continue for retired Judge President 

Parliament has expressed condolences to the family of retired Judge President Achmat Naeem Jappie who passed away at the age of 70.The retired Judge President had served for nearly two decades on the bench.“His passing is a profound loss not only to the Judiciary and legal profession, but to the broader constitutional project of...

Business

Dirty diesel hits South Africa

Today at 10:00 AM, via BusinessTech

South African motorists are being warned of a rise in adulterated fuel in South Africa, amid record-high diesel prices in the country. 

Sport

What’s on the line as WSL reaches business end?

Today at 09:54 AM, via BBC News

BBC Sport analyses the state of play in the Women’s Super League with only a handful of games to go and the title, European qualification, relegation and promotion still to be decided.

Education

I’m out of a job after issues at the schools I worked for. Is it my fault? | Annalisa Barbieri

Today at 07:00 AM, via The Guardian

It feels as if your work and your identity are fused. You’ll get through this, but you may have to use this time to consider other careers

I’ve been a teacher for more than 20 years and loved it. I had promotions every couple of years and was happily making my way up the ladder. This year, however, I was made redundant because of restructuring and this has thrown me into a feeling of complete...

Education

A federal program has helped Native Hawaiian medical students for 35 years. It’s now being sued for discrimination

Yesterday at 16:00 PM, via The Guardian

Do No Harm, a conservative group, wants the scholarship, which has helped islands’ underserved communities, declared unconstitutional

Doctors and health experts in Hawaii say a decades-old federal program meant to support Native Hawaiians through medical school and better serve some of the islands’ most underserved communities is under attack after a conservative group filed suit.

For more than...

Science/Tech

40 Years After the Chernobyl Disaster, More Countries Are Turning To Nuclear Power

Today at 09:34 AM, via Slashdot

An anonymous reader shared this report from the Associated Press:The 1986 Chernobyl disaster fueled global fears about nuclear power and slowed its development in Europe and elsewhere. Four decades later, however, there’s a revival around the world, a trend that has been given a big boost by war in the Middle East. Over 400 nuclear reactors are operational in 31 countries, while about 70 more...

Science/Tech

The remarkable turnaround at Intel

Today at 09:30 AM, via TechCentral

Soaring demand for AI inference workloads has seen Intel selling stockpiled CPUs once written off entirely.

Science/Tech

UK departments at odds over energy demands of AI datacentres

Today at 09:00 AM, via The Guardian

Discrepancy in forecasts raises questions over government planning for net zero

One vision of the UK’s future involves a decarbonised economy powered by clean, renewable energy. Another involves making the UK an AI superpower.

The government departments responsible for these two visions do not appear to have agreed on their numbers.

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