Meta hosted the 2026 Youth Online Safety Summit this week. Social media company Meta has deployed a mandatory system update that automatically shifts teenage user profiles into highly restricted safety configurations. According to Meta, the backend product overhaul – known as “Teen Accounts” – structurally reshapes data visibility, privacy configurations and messaging access defaults across…
Sbu Ngwane, senior general manager at Bolt South Africa. Bolt South Africa is rolling out expanded rider identity verification and urging passengers to actively use in-app safety tools as part of a broader push to strengthen accountability and trust on its platform. The announcement was made at Bolt’s inaugural Rider and Passenger Safety Summit in…
A young woman died in Brazil after being launched off a bridge for a rope jump without a safety cord, police said Sunday. The 21-year-old woman, who aspired to become a physical education teacher, had asked to be launched from the bridge airplane style, with two instructors hoisting her above their shoulders as she spread…
Dr Mashilo Boloka, founder and CEO of OS Lab. (Photograph by Lesley Moyo) South African digital safety organisation Online Safety Lab (OS Lab) has partnered with US-based ChildSafe.dev to deploy an artificial intelligence (AI)-powered child safeguarding platform across schools and homes. According to a statement, the partnership will see the deployment of RoseShield, a system-level…
Dar es Salaam — Tanzania’s hosting of the Airfield Ground Lighting (AGL) Inspection and Audit Training has drawn attention from aviation stakeholders, who see the event as a sign of the country’s growing role in advancing technical expertise and safety standards within Africa’s aviation industry. The five-day programme, being held in Dar es Salaam under…
As a deadly Ebola strain continues to spread in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), with cases confirmed in neighbouring Uganda, the UN aviation agency is urging governments and flight operators to closely follow guidelines put in place following the COVID-19 pandemic. The outbreak of the Bundibugyo (BVD) strain is a major cause for…
The Western Cape Government, Department of Infrastructure implemented Bentley Systems’ AI-powered Blyncsy technology to monitor approximately 5,000 kilometers of roadway to detect critical infrastructure issues. (Image courtesy of Bentley Systems) Bentley Systems, Incorporated (Nasdaq: BSY), the infrastructure engineering software company, today announced a landmark partnership with the Western Cape Government, Department of Infrastructure to implement…
Pretoria, SA — Tanzania’s High Commissioner, James Bwana, has assured that the Tanzanian community living in various cities in South Africa is safe and not being targeted by attacks from locals, contrary to claims made in a video clip circulating on social media platforms. The diplomat has been compelled to speak out to clarify the…
Road safety readiness: Altron HealthTech partner Promed24 gears up for busy Easter weekend, adds primary healthcare to its services. South Africa’s roads are notoriously busy over the Easter season, which unfortunately makes this a high-risk period for increased road traffic accidents. Promed24 – a specialist in emergency care (EC) unit management – has prepared for…
The African Road Safety Charter entered into force on 12 March 2026. The Charter marks Africa’s first continental and legally-binding road safety framework. Adopted by African Heads of State in 2016, 15 African Union Member States were required to ratify the Charter and deposit an instrument of ratification at the African Union for it to…
