Lebogang Maile, Gauteng MEC for education, sport, arts, culture and recreation. (Image source: Supplied) The Gauteng Department of Education (GDE) has financially committed to strengthen mathematics, science, technology, reading development and technical education in schools. As a result, the GDE has set aside R1.2 billion towards improving performance in those critical subjects, said Gauteng education…
Luanda — Angola and the World Bank Group today launched the country’s AgriConnect Compact, a national framework to boost domestic food production, create employment, and mobilize private investment in agricultural value chains. The Compact brings together government, private sector, financial institutions, development partners, and farmer organizations around a shared agenda to transform the country’s agricultural…
For every 10 girls who complete primary school, fewer than four finish secondary Open source STEP tool supports ministries to manage vulnerable transitions June 23, 2026 – Governments and education leaders must address a critical blind spot if they are to help the most disadvantaged girls stay in education, a high-level panel has heard. While…
US artificial intelligence (AI) giant Anthropic has accused Chinese e-commerce and technology firm Alibaba of “brazenly” and “illicitly” extracting its Claude AI model’s capabilities. In a letter sent to two members of the US Congress, the San Francisco-based company said operators linked to Alibaba carried out almost 29 million exchanges with Claude using thousands of…
Lyndon Subroyen, global head of digital and technology at Investec Investec has switched on Microsoft Copilot for all 8 000 of its employees, describing the move as the first full-workforce deployment of the AI assistant to be publicly announced by a South African organisation. The roll-out covers the dual-listed bank and wealth manager’s operations in…
New York — As delivered “Excellencies, “Good morning. Thank you to Colombia, and Security Council President Ambassador Leonor Zalabata, for convening this important debate. “Thank you also to the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict, Vanessa Frazier, and to the civil society representative, for their briefings. Keep up with the latest…
A pair of earthquakes, the first measuring a magnitude of 7.2 and the second measuring 7.5, were reported Wednesday evening in northwest Venezuela, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. There was heavy damage in the Venezuelan capital and largest city of Caracas, with video and images showing collapsed buildings and search and rescue crews scouring…
Anthony Miller, CEO of Simply Financial Services. Cape-based insurtech Simply Financial Services, a Hollard Group company, believes business leaders in the SME market do not adequately consider the value of providing risk benefits to their staff. The 11-year-old firm says the segment, which consists of around 14 million employees and contributes roughly 40% towards the…
NewsFeed 7.1 and 7.5 magnitude earthquakes strike Venezuela, destroying some buildings in the capital city Caracas. Tsunami warnings were issued for Venezuela and nearby Caribbean islands. Published On 25 Jun 202625 Jun 2026 Click here to share on social media share-nodes Share googleAdd Al Jazeera on Googleinfo
South Africa has four banking MVNOs (Capitec Connect, FNB Connect, Standard Bank Connect and Nedbank Connect), and they’re all essentially running the exact same playbook. The logic is simple enough: use a mobile product to deepen the banking relationship, gather behavioural data between transactions and create sticky switching costs as a customer’s financial life grows….
