· Heavy snow has fallen in parts of the Eastern Cape, KwaZulu-Natal and the Free State, while strong winds and rain continue to batter the KwaZulu-Natal coast. · The Eastern Cape has recorded 12 road deaths during the rainy weather, with disaster teams warning motorists to take extra care. Emergency services across South Africa remain…
A strong 7.1-magnitude earthquake hit southern Japan on Tuesday, the Japan Meteorological Agency said. A tsunami alert was issued. The alert was for a one-meter-(about one yard) high tsunami, according to the Reuters news service. Reuters said the quake struck Japan’s Kumamoto prefecture. The temblor measured at the highest possible level of seven on Japan’s…
A strong earthquake struck the southern Mexican Pacific coast on Friday, right on the border with Guatemala, and was felt from Mexico City to El Salvador. Authorities have not immediately reported any severe damage or casualties in any country and a tsunami alert issued was lifted about an hour after the quake. The U.S. Geological…
Ransomware operators do not keep office hours. (Image source: 123RF) The numbers tell a story most South African security leaders already feel. In its 2025 Africa Cyberthreat Assessment Report, INTERPOL recorded 17 849 ransomware detections in South Africa during 2024, the highest figure on the continent and a concentration that puts the country firmly inside…
Temperatures in Germany could hit 40C in some areas while French officials say deaths linked to the heat are being seen among young people.
An employee counts genuine South Korean 50,000 won banknotes in this arranged photograph at the Counterfeit Notes Response Center of KEB Hana Bank in Seoul, South Korea, Aug. 14, 2017. The won advanced for the first day in four as top U.S. national security officials sought to damp down talk of am imminent war with North Korea following days…
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has apologized to members of a Canadian community where a mass shooting took place earlier this year for not flagging the ChatGPT account of the shooter to law enforcement. “The pain your community has endured is unimaginable,” Altman wrote in a letter shared Friday on social media by the British Columbia…
Capitec Bank CEO Graham Lee Capitec CEO Graham Lee said on Wednesday that the bank has formally applied for early access to Anthropic’s Mythos model and, after clearing the first hurdle with Amazon Web Services, is now in direct discussions with Anthropic – putting South Africa’s largest retail bank by customer numbers among a growing…
An international early warning system blocked a shipment of chemicals used to make fentanyl that could have produced up to 1.6 billion potentially lethal doses, the UN narcotics control body said on Thursday. The interception highlights to vital role of cooperation in tackling the rapidly evolving illegal drugs trade. In its 2025 Annual Report, the…
Scam alert: No, you can’t ‘earn money watching videos’ on platform called PesaTube IN SHORT: Claims that a company called PesaTube is paying social media users to watch videos daily are false, and similar to a previous scam Africa Check debunked. According to a message sent to Africa Check on WhatsApp, users can “earn money…
