Nelson Mandela Bay is gearing up for a legal showdown as it takes action against manganese operators who have flouted municipal rules for years, damaging infrastructure and illegally occupying land. Will the city finally reclaim its territory and hold offenders accountable?
Eberechi Eze scores a hat-trick to help Arsenal thump rivals Tottenham 4-1 and go six points clear at the top of the Premier League – despite a moment of magic from Richarlison.
Israel said it killed Hezbollah’s chief of staff in an air strike on Lebanon’s capital on Sunday, hitting an apartment building in an operation the militant group said crossed a red line.
US President Donald Trump on Sunday accused Ukraine again of lacking “gratitude” for Washington’s support against Russia’s invasion, as top US and Ukrainian representatives met in Geneva for talks on a proposal to halt the war.
Christo Wiese, one of South Africa’s most successful businessmen, discusses his relationship with Johann Rupert and shares his views about the Stellenbosch Mafia.
The land now known as Africa’s richest square mile was originally built and owned by property development company Rapp and Maister, in partnership with brothers Hilliard and Eli Leibowitz.
President Cyril Ramaphosa has emphasised that a resilient world can only be achieved through inclusive economic growth, strengthening global partnerships, and reforming international institutions, highlighting the need for global preparedness.
The G20, under South Africa’s presidency, has reached a consensus on adopting a summit declaration, though the details remain under wraps until it is published.
Tottenham manager Thomas Frank and goalkeeper Guglielmo Vicario have apologised to fans following Sunday’s hapless performance against Arsenal in the north London derby.
Morgan Rogers scores a second-half double as Aston Villa fight back to beat Leeds 2-1 at Elland Road and leave Daniel Farke’s side in the relegation zone.
Exclusive: Jason Clare says new powers will ensure information is ‘accurate, comprehensive and representative’ to help government deliver ‘evidence-based reforms’
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Labor is quietly advancing plans for universal childcare in Australia, with new laws to require private operators to hand over sensitive commercial data needed to design a...
The bespoke agreements are full of peril for the universities, allowing the federal government to quietly exert control
In October, President Trump proposed a compact for higher education, a federal takeover of state and private institutions thinly disguised as an offer of preferential funding consideration. Most of the initially targeted universities rightfully have rejected Trump’s unlawful...
Held back by Covid and then phased out by AI, Britain’s so-called Neets are desperately seeking a secure future. Who will offer them hope?
Another week, another set of sobering economic numbers. Last Thursday, the Office for National Statistics published its latest quarterly estimate of the number of 16- to 24-year-olds who are so-called Neets – people not in education, employment or...
Students and alumni set aside rivalries at the 141st Harvard-Yale football game on Saturday to summon support against attacks on higher education under the Trump administration.
“Fresh from announcing it is building an AI browsing mode in Firefox and laying the groundwork for agentic interactions in the Firefox 145 release, the corp arm of Mozilla is now flexing its AI muscles in the direction of those more likely to care,” writes the blog OMG Ubuntu:If you’re a developer building AI agents, you can sign up to get early access to Mozilla’s TABS API, a “powerful web...
Long-time Slashdot reader jenningsthecat shared this article from IEEE Spectrum:By dropping a nuclear reactor 1.6 kilometers (1 mile) underground, Deep Fission aims to use the weight of a billion tons of rock and water as a natural containment system comparable to concrete domes and cooling towers. With the fission reaction occurring far below the surface, steam can safely circulate in a closed...
With some animated graphics, CNN “reimagined” what three of America’s busiest air and road travel routes would look like with high-speed trains, for “a glimpse into a faster, more connected future.”The journey from New York City to Chicago could take just over six hours by high-speed train at an average speed of 160 mph, cutting travel time by more than 13 hours compared with the current Amtrak...
New technologies can reduce our reliance on animal experiments. This isn’t just morally right, it could have scientific and economic benefits too
Science is a slaughterhouse. We rarely acknowledge the degree to which animal life underwrites the research that provides us with medicines, or the regulation that keeps us safe. Live animals were used in 2.64m officially sanctioned scientific...
A diabetic 10-year-old girl slipped into a coma during a trip with her family and was brought to the hospital after she had died, the authorities said.
Before casting a crucial vote for the health secretary, the top Senate Republican laid out several specific commitments he had secured, some of which appear to have been breached.
A peer-reviewed study, published in the journal Nature, found that the carbon emissions stemming from 111 of the world’s biggest fossil fuel producers resulted in at least $28 trillion in economic losses in the three decades to 2020, writes Nick Hedley.