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Gavaskar criticises Sunrisers’ Abrar signing

Today at 19:49 PM, via BBC News

Former India captain Sunil Gavaskar says Sunrisers Leeds’ signing of Pakistan spinner Abrar Ahmed “indirectly contributes to the deaths of Indian soldiers and civilians”.

Education

Weighing Risks vs. Gains in Iran

Today at 18:23 PM, via New York Times

Readers respond to a column by Nicholas Kristof. Also: Artificial intelligence pitfalls in school.

Lifestyle

BAD public holiday news for South Africans

Today at 16:33 PM, via The South African

South African workers will have been looking forward to the next public holiday break on the calendar, but there’s bad news …

Entertainment

24 hours in pictures, 16 March 2026

Today at 18:30 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

Meta Signs $27 Billion AI Infrastructure Deal With Nebius

Today at 20:00 PM, via Slashdot

AI infrastructure company Nebius signed a deal to provide up to $27 billion in AI computing capacity to Meta over the next five years, including a guaranteed $12 billion purchase by 2027. Reuters reports: Under the agreement, Meta will also buy an additional $15 billion worth of capacity planned by Nebius over the coming five years if it is not sold to other customers, giving the contract a...

Science/Tech

Malaysia’s National Blockchain Infrastructure Integrates with ZenithBlox to Enable Programmable Digital Trade Corridors

Today at 19:43 PM, via Tech Financials

The combined platform establishes a compliance-enforced execution layer for digital trade corridors connecting Malaysia with global partners, representing one of the first integrations of a national blockchain infrastructure with pre-execution policy governance. ZenithBlox Inc. and My Blockchain Infrastructure Sdn. Bhd. (MBISB), the entity behind Malaysia’s national blockchain initiative,...

Motoring

Gauteng still has an e-toll problem

Today at 16:39 PM, via TopAuto

The Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse is preparing to settle its case against Sanral’s collection of outstanding e-toll debts.