From contraception to culling, no single tool offers a risk-free fix for elephant management. True conservation requires clear objectives, site-specific evidence, and understanding the root causes of conflict.
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.
Gillian van Houten was born on 21 April 1954 in Cape Town and died on 25 July 2026 at Noordhoek Manor, in the same city, aged 72, following some years living with frontotemporal dementia. She is survived by her life partner, John Varty, and their three children, Savanna, Sean and Tao.
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 […]
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 […]
After the men’s success at the World Cup, Cape Verde should not be underestimated on their Women’s Africa Cup of Nations debut, forward Sandra Martins warns.
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.
[Nyasa Times] Maranatha Academy’s education scholarship initiative remains central to the institution’s mission of supporting academically gifted but financially disadvantaged students across Malawi, according to the school’s managing director, Dr Ernest Kaonga.
South Florida State College fired an English professor after she assigned a story about a teacher who talks about sex with her students. Now the professor is suing.
[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...
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 […]
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...
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 […]
The Kentucky Republican has accused Dr. Anthony Fauci of funding research that triggered the Covid pandemic and lying about it to Congress — charges Dr. Fauci denies.