A plan by US-listed Equinix to build two data centres in Cape Town should not be approved without full disclosure of its water, power and environmental impact, a formal objection lodged with city planners shows. The Housing Assembly (HA), a social movement representing more than 20 communities in the Western Cape of South Africa, and…
WASHINGTON — The Defense Department’s inspector general said Monday that it’s investigating U.S. Southern Command over its targeting of alleged drug-smuggling boats in the military’s campaign against drug cartels, which some critics have argued is illegal. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. Southern Command has targeted…
The ticker symbol SPCX is poised to become one of the most highly anticipated listings on the Nasdaq. As first reported by Reuters, SpaceX has aggressively accelerated its initial public offering (IPO) timeline, aiming to debut on the stock exchange by June 12. Read: Bandwidth Blog & Smile 90.4FM Tech Tuesday: AI trends shifting! According…
A note left by one of the teenage suspects contains general “hate rhetoric”, investigators say.
The Mpumalanga Department of Education requires installation and maintenance of high-speed network and internet provision. ICT-targeted activity on National Treasury’s eTenders Portal is seeing a recovery, with tender numbers and depth of requirements showing improvements. This week, we focus on a re-advertised tender from the Mpumalanga Department of Education for the installation and maintenance of…
In February 1996, three small civilian planes took off from a Miami-area airport, operated by a Cuban exile group that searched for people seeking to flee the island nation in rafts. Two of the planes were shot down by a Cuban fighter jet, killing four people. Now, 30 years later, the deadly shootdown appears to…
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and Elon Musk during the trial. Manuel Orbegozo/Reuters A US jury on Monday ruled against Elon Musk in his lawsuit against OpenAI, finding the AI company not liable to the world’s richest man for having allegedly strayed from its original mission to benefit humanity. In a unanimous verdict, the jury in…
Cruise ships are convenient floating hotels by which to see far-flung parts of the world – but as an epidemiologist, I know they are also everything an infectious pathogen could want: thousands of strangers packed into enclosed spaces for days or weeks, sharing dining rooms and high-touch surfaces such as elevator buttons and handrails, breathing…
NewsFeed US police have responded to a shooting at a mosque in California, with officials saying the threat had been ‘neutralised’. The area around the Islamic Centre of San Diego was locked down, after witnesses said they heard dozens of shots fired. Published On 18 May 202618 May 2026 Click here to share on social…
The South African division of Estonian ride-hailing giant Bolt has officially announced the launch of an electric vehicle (EV) category for the local market. The rollout follows a strategic partnership with ride-sharing platform YugoRide, which aims to deploy a fleet of 500 EVs in Cape Town by December 2025, with a broader expansion to Johannesburg…
