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Clock is ticking for critical South African employer

Today at 16:00 PM, via Daily Investor

The extension of AGOA offers minimal short-term relief for export manufacturers, providing a short window for the industry to reduce its heavy reliance on traditional markets and the government to improve relations with the United States.

Business

The most fattening fast food meals in South Africa

Today at 13:00 PM, via BusinessTech

Despite being packed with fat, carbs and high levels of salt, South Africans can’t get enough of fast food, with the segment growing significantly since the COVID-19 pandemic and lockdowns.

Sport

Ireland will need to step up to make World Cup mark

Today at 15:42 PM, via BBC News

Ireland have a string of disappointing T20 World Cups behind them and will need to repeat their giant-killings of the past to buck the trend in Sri Lanka and India.

Education

Pentagon to cut ties with Harvard over ‘wokesters’, ending training, programs and fellowships

Today at 04:35 AM, via The Guardian

Move by Pete Hegseth marks latest escalation by Trump administration against the Ivy League school

The US defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, has said the Pentagon is ending all military training, fellowships and certificate programs with Harvard University, marking the Trump administration’s latest escalation against the Ivy League school.

“The @DeptWar is formally ending ALL Professional...

Science/Tech

Claude Code is the Inflection Point

Today at 14:00 PM, via Slashdot

About 4% of all public commits on GitHub are now being authored by Anthropic’s Claude Code, a terminal-native AI coding agent that has quickly become the centerpiece of a broader argument that software engineering is being fundamentally reshaped by AI. SemiAnalysis, a semiconductor and AI research firm, published a report on Friday projecting that figure will climb past 20% by the end of 2026....

Motoring

Luxury carmaker loses R6.2 billion

Today at 09:01 AM, via TopAuto

Jaguar Land Rover is reeling from massive losses following a cyberattack that shut down its factories.