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Sosibo looking forward to tough US cross-country race

Today at 12:03 PM, via SowetanLIVE

Long-distance runner Cacisile Sosibo is looking forward to showing what she is capable of when she competes at the 46th World Athletics Cross-Country Championships in Tallahassee, Florida, on Saturday.

South Africa

Upgraded water infrastructure brings aid to communities

Today at 11:52 AM, via SAnews

Upgraded water infrastructure brings aid to communities

In a move to improve water security for the residents of the Rustenburg Local Municipality in the North West and Thabazimbi Local Municipality in Limpopo, Water and Sanitation Minister Pemmy Majodina, has handed over upgraded water infrastructure for communities.“The commissioning included the upgraded Vaalkop Water Treatment...

Business

Big petrol price cut coming for South Africa

Today at 10:30 AM, via BusinessTech

Early data from the Central Energy Fund (CEF) shows that fuel price recoveries are building for a significant cut at the pumps in February—if current market conditions continue.

Education

Kenya: 1,932 Students Score Grade a As KCSE Results Show Improved Performance

Today at 12:30 PM, via AllAfrica

[Capital FM] Nairobi — A total of 1,932 candidates scored a straight Grade A in the 2025 Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) examinations, marking a slight but significant improvement from last year, Education Cabinet Secretary Julius Migos announced on Friday during the official release of the results.

Education

Kenya: How to Access Your 2025 KCSE Results As SMS Service Scrapped

Today at 12:30 PM, via AllAfrica

[Capital FM] Nairobi — The Kenya National Examinations Council (KNEC) on Friday released the 2025 Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) examination results, marking a departure from past practice by scrapping the SMS results-checking system.

Entertainment

Apology to AfriForum

Today at 11:43 AM, via The Citizen

The Citizen apologises to AfriForum for the mistake made

Science/Tech

Fusion Physicists Found a Way Around a Long-Standing Density Limit

Today at 12:00 PM, via Slashdot

alternative_right shares a report from ScienceAlert: At the Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak (EAST), physicists successfully exceeded what is known as the Greenwald limit, a practical density boundary beyond which plasmas tend to violently destabilize, often damaging reactor components. For a long time, the Greenwald limit was accepted as a given and incorporated into fusion...

Science/Tech

Alzheimer’s therapies should target a particular gene, researchers say

Today at 12:00 PM, via The Guardian

Scientists at UCL say drug developers should focus on two risk-raising variants of the Apoe gene

New therapies for Alzheimer’s disease should target a particular gene linked to the condition, according to researchers who said most cases would never arise if its harmful effects were neutralised.

The call to action follows the arrival of the first wave of drugs that aim to treat Alzheimer’s...

Science/Tech

Health professionals should be wearing respirator-grade masks, WHO is advised

Today at 11:49 AM, via The Guardian

Experts are urging guideline changes for doctors and nurses as surgical masks offer ‘inadequate protection against airborne pathogens’ such as Covid

Surgical face masks provide inadequate protection against flu-like illnesses including Covid, and should be replaced by respirator-level masks – worn every time doctors and nurses are face to face with a patient, according to a group of experts...