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In a crowded smartphone market, it’s easy for devices to promise everything and deliver very little. The HONOR 600 Lite takes a different approach—focusing on intuitive design, practical AI, and camera features that work in real life. To put that to the test, the device was placed in the hands of three women aged 70, […]

Two Pretoria learners have made South African science fair history after becoming the first Grade 7 students in 39 years to be named overall winners of the Gauteng-North iMBEWU Science Fair, competing against learners up to Grade 12. Gustav Heesen of Afrikaans Hoër Seunskool and Johan Vorster of Pretoria Boys High School, both formerly from […]

The GSMA and French AI research company Pleias have released CommonLingua, an open-source language identification model covering 334 languages including 61 African languages, addressing a foundational gap in AI systems that has caused African-language text to be routinely misidentified. Released under the GSMA’s African AI Languages Model Project, the two-million-parameter model achieves 83%...

The King and the US president exchanged several jokes during their speeches at a state banquet.

An appeals court sentenced ousted President Yoon Suk Yeol to 7 years in prison for resisting arrest and bypassing a Cabinet meeting before his brief imposition of martial law in December 2024.

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) is quitting oil cartel Opec after nearly 60 years of membership.

Against the backdrop of an energy crisis and a warming planet, more than 50 countries have come to Santa Marta, Colombia, to discuss concrete ways to phase out oil, gas, and coal.

The 28-year-old was arrested in February after a man had been shot at his home in Johannesburg.

Last weekend’s attacks came as the Africa Corps withdrew from a key base in northern Mali.

The UK has issued similar advice, telling citizens who stay, that they do so at their own risk.

The mountain bongo is a rare antelope endemic to Kenyan highland forests, with less than 100 in the wild.

Old Mutual has warned that the Iran War may lead to cost pressures that South Africans are unprepared for.

Newcastle City Council hopes the move will offer Byker Wall homeowners “stability and certainty”.

The City of Johannesburg has officially opened the delayed Brixton Tower and Reservoir as part of a R300 million infrastructure upgrade project in the city.

The Boksburg Magistrate’s Court granted Kagiso Lerutla and Julius Mkhwanazi bail of R30 000 each.

The first draft report has been shared with committee members.

The Commission will resume on Thursday with a new witness.

Chair Mbuyiseli Madlanga says Brown Mogotsi resumes testimony at the Madlanga Inquiry

Mark Allen’s bid to become the oldest first-time world champion in the modern era gathers momentum as he reaches the semi-finals with a 13-12 victory over Barry Hawkins.

Justin Rose will use his new McLaren Golf clubs in competition for the first time this week. What are the risks of his partnership with the Formula 1 team?

With Hearts out in front, Hibs could do the the Scottish Premiership leaders a favour against Celtic, while the defending champions will hope Rangers can do some damage at Tynecastle.

Ireland kicking coach Gareth Steenson says closing out the Women’s Six Nations with two home wins will be “huge” for the squad after last weekend’s deflating defeat by France.

A record fine had been issued by the Office for Students over the university’s trans and non-binary inclusion policy.

Former model Christina Storm has rubbished sensational reports of her ex, Springbok James Small’s death in 2019…

Residents in parts of Gauteng reported ground shaking on Tuesday evening after a possible seismic event near Soweto.

The MK party held an event this week to honour ANC struggle hero Solomon Mahlangu

Vaal Dam levels remain above 100%.

UCT’s bid for a sweeping interdict preventing all respondents from occupying any of its property in future was also dismissed.

Most of the money the municipality receives goes to salaries, while service delivery suffers.

Former Nedbank group chief information officer Ray Naicker has been appointed as group CIO of Bank South Pacific.

We consulted preparedness experts and WIRED’s team of testers for the essential gear to keep on hand in case of wildfires, earthquakes, and lord knows what else.

Drugmaker had stalled large-scale projects in England but has now pledged investment at two sites, announced by Keir Starmer

Britain’s biggest drugmaker AstraZeneca has said it will invest £300m in the UK in a surprise U-turn after pausing large-scale projects last year.

The drugmaker had pulled back projects in Britain after becoming disillusioned with the business environment, including the...

A significant rise in MTN’s share price has led to long-term share incentives vesting at much higher values.

South Africa’s petrol prices are expected to increase after the coming long weekend.

What are the main symptoms and causes of bowel cancer, and how can you reduce your risk of getting it?

Researchers stress that simple lifestyle changes can still significantly reduce the risk of cancer.