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Major threat to the end of load-shedding in South Africa

Today at 09:17 AM, via Daily Investor

Inconsistencies at the local government level could discourage private investment in South Africa’s electricity sector, threatening reform progress and the critical expansion of the national grid.

Business

Big changes to the middle class in South Africa

Today at 08:20 AM, via BusinessTech

Rising remuneration among black South Africans has dramatically changed the makeup of the country’s band of middle- and top-income groups.

Science/Tech

Africa must build its own AI future

Today at 09:05 AM, via ITWeb

Prof Mpho Primus cautions against digital colonisation while advocating for Ubuntu-centred local AI governance.

Science/Tech

Air Pollution Emerges As a Direct Risk Factor For Alzheimer’s Disease

Today at 09:00 AM, via Slashdot

Longtime Slashdot reader walterbyrd shares a report from ABC News: In a study of nearly 28 million older Americans, long-term exposure to fine particle air pollution raised the risk of Alzheimer’s disease. That link held even after researchers accounted for common conditions like high blood pressure, stroke and depression. Fine particle air pollution, known as PM2.5, consists of tiny particles...