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THURSDAY, 08 JANUARY 2026, 18:58

Business

End of the road for TV Licences in South Africa

Today at 16:57 PM, via BusinessTech

Minister of Communication and Digital Technologies Solly Malatsi says that South Africa’s TV Licence regime has all but collapsed, and details on a new scheme will be presented to the department next month.

Education

Kenya: President Ruto Holds High-Level Talks On Education Reforms

Today at 14:19 PM, via AllAfrica

[Capital FM] Nairobi — President William Ruto on Wednesday convened Education Ministry stakeholders at State House, Nairobi, in a high-level meeting aimed at addressing key challenges in Kenya’s education sector, including school funding, reforms, and policy implementation.

Entertainment

24 hours in pictures, 8 January 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

China Hacked Email Systems of US Congressional Committee Staff

Today at 18:02 PM, via Slashdot

China has hacked the emails used by congressional staff on powerful committees in the US House of Representatives, as part of a massive cyber espionage campaign known as Salt Typhoon. An anonymous reader shares a report: Chinese intelligence accessed email systems used by some staffers [non-paywalled source] on the House China committee in addition to aides on the foreign affairs committee,...

Science/Tech

How Did TVs Get So Cheap?

Today at 17:25 PM, via Slashdot

A 50-inch TV that would have set you back $1,100 at Best Buy during Black Friday 2001 now costs less than $200, and the price per area-pixel — a metric accounting for both screen size and resolution — has dropped by more than 90% over the past 25 years. The story behind this decline is largely one of liquid crystal display technology maturing from a niche product to a mass-manufactured...