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Planned outages will be short-term pain but long-term gain, minister says You need to subscribe  Read More 

Climate is seen and dealt with in large part from a masculine point of view and this must change You need to subscribe  Read More 

Angola’s police have allegedly killed more than a dozen activists since January, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said this week, urging the government to swiftly investigate reports of abuse and rights violations. The country’s law enforcement authorities have also been accused of the arbitrary arrests and detention of hundreds, HRW said in a statement.  Angolan law … Read more

A senior manager for environmental crime investigations at South African National Parks was stormed and killed by a hippo on Saturday while camping in the Kruger National Park. Kobus De Wet was one of SANParks’ senior managers in its environmental crime investigative unit based at Groenkloof in Pretoria.  In a statement on Sunday, SANParks said … Read more

As far as vehicle updates go, to call what has been done to the Porsche Cayenne significant would be an understatement.  You might not immediately notice it from the outside as you look at the pictures on this page, trying to work out precisely what has changed — we’ll take you through it shortly. First, … Read more

There has been a power cut, and under moonlight in a poor quarter of the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s (DRC’s) capital, wrestler Maitresse Libondans explains how she invokes her ancestors to cast spells that rout her opponents. “I research the fetish,” says the 28-year-old, who is wearing a red wig ahead of her fight … Read more

A meeting of coalition parties this past week put the DA in the hot seat when its coalition partners made heavy demands You need to subscribe  Read More 

While South Africa’s plan is bold, all types of technologies are needed to solve the crisis and ensure that the system has capacity and can withstand the transition You need to subscribe  Read More 

The coup that shook Niger nearly two weeks ago triggered an international outcry and curbs on domestic freedoms, yet many people in the capital say the change is a breath of fresh air. About 30 000 people turned out last Sunday for a rally in a Niamey stadium to support the soldiers who, on 26 July, … Read more

The future is now old man. Or woman. Or them. The Fourth Industrial Revolution is in full swing, and despite the risks of leaping into tomorrow’s world prematurely, the cat has already been let out of its bag.  Regenerative large language learning models are just the start and we have a lot more to look … Read more