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WEDNESDAY, 29 JULY 2026, 21:45

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Why a party can lose a city’s water and keep its ward

Today at 21:23 PM, via Daily Maverick

In South Africa there are deep-rooted connections between fatherlessness and our electoral behaviour. Like a child waiting at the gate for an absent father, we vote out of loyalty to leaders who never arrive, as we confuse historical gratitude with accountability.

South Africa

Huawei and Four SA IT Partners Launch Joint Industry Solution at Sandton Connect 2026, Positioning South Africa as African Pilot Market

Today at 19:20 PM, via iAfrica

Huawei has launched a Partner Joint Industry Solution with four of South Africa’s largest IT services companies — CoCre8 Technology Solutions, Gijima, Altron and BCX — at Huawei South Africa Connect 2026 in Sandton, formalising a partner-ecosystem play the Chinese ICT vendor plans to extend as its template for African expansion. Huawei said its local […]

South Africa

Vodacom’s AI Lab, UJ Centre for Applied Data Science and AWS Team Up to Build South African AI Talent Pipeline From Short Courses to PhD

Today at 19:17 PM, via iAfrica

Vodacom’s AI Lab, the University of Johannesburg’s Centre for Applied Data Science (CADS) and Amazon Web Services have launched a joint programme designed to build a South African AI talent pipeline that runs from short-term courses through to PhD-level research — with students working on live Vodacom projects rather than academic simulations. The collaboration co-develops […]

Sport

Lloyd pays tribute to ‘greatest’ Sobers at funeral

Today at 20:44 PM, via BBC News

Sir Garfield Sobers is called the “greatest all-round cricketer the world has ever known” by former team-mate Sir Clive Lloyd at the legendary West Indies player’s state funeral in Barbados.

Education

South Africa: UCT Opens Its Labs to Kwalanga Science Learners

Today at 18:09 PM, via AllAfrica

[UCT] The University of Cape Town’s (UCT) Department of Molecular and Cell Biology recently hosted Grade 12 science learners from Langa High School, Kulani Secondary, Ikamvalethu Secondary and Isilimela Secondary in KwaLanga for an immersive job-shadowing programme. The learners explored microbiology, DNA extraction, anatomy and biosafety laboratories, observed tuberculosis (TB) research in...

Entertainment

24 hours in pictures, 29 July 2026

Today at 21:07 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

S99 PR Expands Premium Media Services Across Visa Press, Executive PR, and AI Discoverability

Today at 21:00 PM, via Tech Financials

LOS ANGELES, CA — S99 PR, a Los Angeles-based public relations and authority-building agency, today announced a significant expansion of its team and service capabilities as demand grows across its core practice areas: guaranteed media placements, earned media, O-1 and EB-1A visa press, Google Knowledge Panel development, AI discoverability programs, and full-service credibility campaigns for […]

Science/Tech

DoorDash Is Building Its Own Drone Delivery Business

Today at 21:00 PM, via Slashdot

DoorDash has launched DoorDash Air, an in-house drone-delivery program that has just received FAA certification for commercial operations. “This does not mean DoorDash’s custom-built drones will be delivering burritos tomorrow, or even next month,” notes TechCrunch. “The company didn’t provide a detailed timeline for when its aircraft would be used in operations.” From the report: [I]t will...

Science/Tech

Mindcolor Autism Earns Autism Commission on Quality (ACQ) Accreditation

Today at 20:52 PM, via Tech Financials

New York City, NY — Mindcolor Autism, a leading provider of ABA therapy and autism diagnostic evaluation services for the pediatric population, announced today that it has earned accreditation from the Autism Commission on Quality (ACQ), the nonprofit accreditation body dedicated to advancing the quality of applied behavior analysis (ABA) services for individuals with autism […]