The Union Buildings in Pretoria The presidency took its website offline on Friday “as a precautionary measure in response to a global cybersecurity event”. It did so two days after the developers of the PHP programming language released emergency fixes for two critical flaws that attackers are already exploiting. “We apologise for any inconvenience caused…
The international community must combat inequality and stop wars from expanding to ensure a safer world for all, the UN Secretary-General said on Thursday. Speaking to reporters in New York ahead of a visit to Egypt, António Guterres addressed growing public discontent in Europe and beyond, as people have taken to the streets to express…
SpaceX‘s Starlink internet system continues to be throttled in Ukraine as the stakes rise for the war-torn country, Ukrainian officials and a national security expert said Friday. “Every day matters for Ukraine, because every Ukrainian life matters,” wrote Denys Sienik, Ukraine’s deputy ambassador to the U.S., in a Friday post on X. “Our people are…
The latest Ebola outbreak has killed nearly 4,700 people and is still spreading, with Nigeria recording its first case in more than a decade. The epidemic is not yet under control and tighter surveillance is needed, Jean Kaseya, director general of the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention, told RFI. The Nigerian patient is…
MultiChoice’s like-for-like revenue declined 3% during the nine months ending September 2026, primarily driven by softer subscription revenue in South Africa. The figures were detailed in a trading update by French media giant Canal+, which now consolidates MultiChoice within its global operations. Read: ASUS ROG Zephyrus Duo Review: Two-screen titan The revenue contraction showed signs…
The success of South Korean popular music or K-pop continues to power the Hallyu Wave, a term that describes the global obsession with the country’s pop culture production. But before K-pop came the spread of K-drama, TV series from the country, starting in the late 1990s. By 2024 the melodrama Queen of Tears ranked as…
A second drone pilot, serving in the eastern Kharkiv region, said that Ukraine does not have an alternative that’s as effective as Starlink for flying drones, but it also affects the unit’s movements — and ultimately survival chances out in the field. “When we drive into a position, we have a Starlink Mini mounted on…
Conversations around health progress in Africa usually focus on lives saved. And rightly so. Across the continent, people are living longer than they did a generation ago. Advances in prevention, treatment and public health have reduced deaths from many major diseases and improved survival for millions. But there is another side to this success story…
Critical PHP2Shell vulnerabilities threaten millions of websites with potential remote code execution attacks. (Image source: iStock) Two critical vulnerabilities in PHP, a programming language powering about three-quarters of the web, have triggered a global cyber security alert after details of the flaws, dubbed PHP2Shell, reportedly leaked before their planned disclosure and patching. The vulnerabilities, CVE-2026-109618…
The Director-General of the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC), Dr Jean Kaseya, has blamed a lack of international interest in Africa for the absence of an approved vaccine against the Bundibugyo strain of Ebola virus disease. Kaseya said the situation might have been different if the outbreak were affecting Western countries,…
