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“Extremely dangerous” Hurricane Melissa lashing Cuba after pounding Jamaica

“Extremely dangerous” Hurricane Melissa lashing Cuba after pounding Jamaica

Hurricane Melissa made landfall over eastern Cuba near the city of Chivirico early Wednesday as an “extremely dangerous” Category 3 storm, the Miami-based National Hurricane Center said, after pummeling Jamaica as one of the strongest Atlantic hurricanes on record. Melissa was hitting eastern Cuba with “damaging winds, flooding rains, and dangerous storm surge,” the center…

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Publishing of matric results debate back in court

Publishing of matric results debate back in court

The 2025 National Senior Certificate examination results will be announced on 12 January 2026. With the 2025 matric exams under way, the matter of publishing learners’ results in the media in January is being examined before the courts. It’s still unclear if the 2025 National Senior Certificate (NSC) examination results will be publicised on various…

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Africa: AI Reveals Which Predators Chewed Ancient Humans’ Bones – Challenging Ideas On Which Homo Species Was the First Tool-Using Hunter

Africa: AI Reveals Which Predators Chewed Ancient Humans’ Bones – Challenging Ideas On Which Homo Species Was the First Tool-Using Hunter

Almost 2 million years ago, a young ancient human died beside a spring near a lake in what is now Tanzania, in eastern Africa. After archaeologists uncovered his fossilized bones in 1960, they used them to define Homo habilis – the earliest known member of our own genus. Paleoanthropologists define the first examples of the…

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The Free State mielie fields now powering corporate South Africa

The Free State mielie fields now powering corporate South Africa

Sola Group on Tuesday launched the 195 megawatt-peak (MWp) Springbok solar power project in Virginia in the Free State. The renewable energy company said the pioneering flexible multi-buyer platform allows South African corporate buyers to buy clean energy from a single source. The solar project also features South Africa’s first operational virtual wheeling power purchase agreement,…

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Dark Fibre Africa appoints chief commercial officer

Dark Fibre Africa appoints chief commercial officer

Paul Divall, Dark Fibre Africa chief commercial officer. Dark Fibre Africa (DFA) has appointed Paul Divall as chief commercial officer (CCO), saying the move marks a pivotal step in its strategy to sharpen commercial execution and strengthen market engagement. In a statement, the company says Divall has served in multiple capacities within the telecommunications industry….

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Why Altron is building an AI factory in Johannesburg

Why Altron is building an AI factory in Johannesburg

Altron earlier this month announced that it has deployed an “AI factory” in one of Teraco’s new Johannesburg data centres. Powered by Nvidia AI infrastructure and software, the factory has already gone live with half a dozen customers. In this episode of the TechCentral Show, Altron Group chief technology officer Bongani Andy Mabaso explains the…

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