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South Africa

Latest developments at Kruger National Park

Today at 12:03 PM, via SAnews

Latest developments at Kruger National Park

The Minister of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment, Willie Aucamp, has provided an update on the current developments at Kruger National Park following the floods that have caused extensive damage to the infrastructure.

Last week’s persistent heavy rainfall across Limpopo and Mpumalanga caused river levels to rise significantly,...

South Africa

Government establishes SANParks’ Kruger Recovery Fund

Today at 11:48 AM, via SAnews

Government establishes SANParks’ Kruger Recovery Fund

Government has established the South African National Parks (SANParks) Kruger Recovery Fund to expedite recovery and restoration efforts at the park following the damage that was caused by recent floods. 

According to the Minister of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment, Willie Aucamp, substantial financing is required to...

World

Trump vs. U.S. allies: How will this end?

Today at 12:00 PM, via NPR

The president has backed off his threat to take Greenland by force. But his highly inflammatory remarks in Switzerland rattled U.S. allies and threatened to tear down the pillars of the world order.

Business

One week to disaster for South Africans

Today at 10:27 AM, via BusinessTech

South African electricity users are on a countdown to see just how much more they will be paying for electricity in 2026, with a potential 10.5% price hike on the cards.

Education

‘It’s about making reading as natural as breathing’: Malorie Blackman backs the National Year of Reading

Today at 11:00 AM, via The Guardian

The Noughts & Crosses author is among the starry ambassadors for the campaign – one of the initiatives aimed at addressing the reading crisis

Last night, the culture secretary, Lisa Nandy, announced a £27.5m package for libraries. It’s the latest in a string of reading-focused government initiatives, the flagship being the education department’s National Year of Reading 2026, which kicked...

Science/Tech

How to Deal With That Drawer Full of Old Gadgets

Today at 12:00 PM, via New York Times

This month, resolve to revive or relinquish those old music players and point-and-shoot cameras — and retrieve any files trapped on the devices.

Science/Tech

Wikipedia’s Guide to Spotting AI Is Now Being Used To Hide AI

Today at 12:00 PM, via Slashdot

Ars Technica’s Benj Edwards reports: On Saturday, tech entrepreneur Siqi Chen released an open source plugin for Anthropic’s Claude Code AI assistant that instructs the AI model to stop writing like an AI model. Called “Humanizer,” the simple prompt plugin feeds Claude a list of 24 language and formatting patterns that Wikipedia editors have listed as chatbot giveaways. Chen published the...