Bolt’s driver identity verification checks are now conducted multiple times a week. Bolt has intensified its crackdown on driver profile sharing in South Africa, introducing stricter enforcement measures by increasing driver identity verification checks on the driver app. In 2023, the e-hailing firm introduced the Bolt Driver Selfie Verification feature on its mobile app to…
The Guthrie family on Saturday evening expressed their gratitude to the Tucson community where their missing mother Nancy lived before her disappearance and suspected abduction seven weeks ago. They asked residents not to forget her case. “We are deeply grateful for the outpouring from neighbors, friends and the people of Tucson. We are all family…
Broadcom‘s stock surged nearly 5% on Thursday as CEO Hock Tan touted strong demand for the company’s chips amid the artificial intelligence boom. He told analysts on Wednesday that he anticipates AI chip revenue in 2027 that’s “significantly in excess of $100 billion” as demand mounts for designing custom silicon. That far surpassed many bullish…
Finance minister Enoch Godongwana doesn’t appear to be a politician given to hyperbole. So, when he stood in parliament on Wednesday and called his 2026 national budget a “turning point” in the management of South Africa’s public finances, it was worth paying attention. For the first time in more than a decade and a half,…
The former CNN host and eight others have been charged for interrupting a church service to protest immigration raids in the state.
American gymnast Jordan Chiles has been granted an appeal in her efforts to reclaim the bronze medal on floor exercise that was stripped from her at the 2024 Paris Olympics. Switzerland’s supreme court said on Thursday its judges sent the “highly exceptional circumstances” of the bronze medal awarded in the women’s floor exercise back to the Court…
Addis Abeba — By any objective legal, historical, or political measure, Somaliland’s quest for international recognition is one of the most compelling unresolved cases on the African continent. It is therefore deeply disappointing that the recent press release issued by the African Union Commission on 26 December 2025, in which Chairperson Mahmoud Ali Youssouf categorically…
Justice minister Mmamoloko Kubayi. The Department of Justice and Constitutional Development (DJCD) is rolling out a modernisation and digital transformation strategy, prioritising the implementation of several technologies by 2030. The aim, as contained in its Revised Strategic Plan for 2025 to 2030, is to improve service delivery, efficiency, and accessibility while addressing IT infrastructure and…
‘Please Call Me’ inventor Nkosana Makate. As the argument over who funded Please Call Me inventor’s court case might go to arbitration, an ITWeb investigation reveals that there may never have been a contract between Black Rock Mining and Nkosana Makate in the first place. Earlier this month, British Virgin Islands-registered Black Rock Mining lost…
Kelly Ng, Koey Lee,Hong Kongand Danny Vincent,Hong Kong Watch: What does the Jimmy Lai verdict mean for democracy in Hong Kong? Hong Kong pro-democracy campaigner and media tycoon Jimmy Lai has been found guilty of colluding with foreign forces under the city’s controversial national security law (NSL). The 78-year-old, who has been in jail since…
