Jerusalem — Israeli President Isaac Herzog said he received a letter from President Trump on Wednesday asking him to pardon Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who is on trial in three separate corruption cases. Netanyahu has repeatedly denied any wrongdoing in the ongoing court cases, with no ruling yet delivered, and his supporters have dismissed the trials…
Apple has reportedly scrapped plans to launch a second-generation iPhone Air in 2026 and has already “sharply scaled back production of the first version,” according to The Information. The original super-thin iPhone Air, which was released in September 2025, has not proven to be the expected commercial success, prompting the significant shift in the company’s…
Leaders of the world’s largest economies meet in Johannesburg on November 22 and 23 for the G20 summit, being held for the first time in Africa. Here are five things to know about the annual meeting, which is taking place at a time of heightened global instability and tensions between Pretoria and Washington. – First…
UN Climate Change Executive Secretary Simon Stiell speaking at the opening plenary of COP30 in n Belém, Brazil, on 10 November 2025. PHOTO/ Kiara Worth | UN Climate Change. By PATRICK MAYOYO [email protected] As COP30 gets underway in Belém, Brazil, Simon Stiell, UN Climate Change Executive Secretary, has delivered a powerful message to the world:…
Drone sightings, threats and an arms race raise spectre of war. After nearly four years of war between Kyiv and Moscow, fighting is heating up on the front lines of eastern Ukraine. But with drones spotted at sensitive sites across the European Union, its leaders have declared Russia is fighting a hybrid war beyond Ukraine’s…
Finance minister Enoch Godongwana. In a bid to curb corruption, government has launched the first Procurement Payments Dashboard using data from its Basic Accounting System. This was announced by finance minister Enoch Godongwana, presenting the Medium Term Budget Policy Statement in Cape Town, earlier today. According to the minister, this dashboard, which is available on…
The Africa Tech Festival is described as Cape Town’s premier event for tech trends, innovation, and networking from Africa and elsewhere. Held from 11-13 November (10-13 November for VIP and partner events), the festival’s aim is to unite tech leaders, entrepreneurs and policymakers to spark innovation. But how much power does one festival have, and…
IMAGE/UN. By PATRICK MAYOYO [email protected] The International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA), in collaboration with the Brazilian Presidency of COP30 and the Global Renewables Alliance (GRA), has released a stark new report warning that global progress on renewable energy expansion is insufficient to meet 2030 targets set under the UAE Consensus. The report Delivering on the UAE…
Anthropic announced plans Wednesday to spend $50 billion on a U.S. artificial intelligence infrastructure build-out, starting with custom data centers in Texas and New York. The facilities, which will be designed to support the company’s rapid enterprise growth and its long-term research agenda, will be developed in partnership with Fluidstack. Fluidstack is an AI cloud…
Sars commissioner Edward Kieswetter Tax collections are expected to remain buoyant in the medium term, with the South African Revenue Service working on eight “generation projects”, including the adoption of new technologies and upskilling staff in AI, to improve revenue collection. Finance minister Enoch Godongwana delivered in his medium-term budget policy statement on Wednesday. By…
