1m ago Iran says it seized a cargo ship that polluted Strait of Hormuz Iranian authorities have seized a bulk carrier they accuse of dumping oil and sludge into the Strait of Hormuz, state media reported Monday. “Following the publication of images of the discharge of oil into the sea … expert and clean-up…
Khusela Sangoni-Diko, chairperson of the Portfolio Committee on Communications and Digital Technologies. (Photograph by Lesley Moyo) Parliament’s oversight body on communications has extended the deadline for written submissions on the Electronic Communications Amendment Bill, giving the public another month to make their views known. In a statement, the portfolio committee says the new deadline for…
African women’s football giants South Africa and Nigeria clash on Thursday in Casablanca under high-pressure circumstances neither team envisioned. Following shocking quarter-final exits at the Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON), one of the continent’s last two champions will see their 2027 FIFA Women’s World Cup qualification hopes officially vanish. South Africa’s Banyana Banyana fell…
Tactile Technologies and FEITIAN will be at Seamless Africa on 8 and 9 September at the Sandton Convention Centre. (Image source: iStock) Seamless Africa returns to the Sandton Convention Centre on 8 and 9 September 2026, and Tactile Technologies will be there again, sharing a stand with global payments technology brand FEITIAN. It is a…
On August 12, 2026, starting at 15:34 GMT, the moon’s shadow will race from the Arctic across Greenland, Iceland and Spain, blotting out the sun for as long as two minutes and 18 seconds. Wednesday’s eclipse will be mainland Europe’s first total solar eclipse since 1999, with about 15 million people, mostly in Spain, living…
Researchers at Stanford University and the Arc Institute in Palo Alto have successfully used generative AI to design entirely novel, functional viruses. Detailed in a study published in Science, scientists used genome language models, Evo 1 and Evo 2, to generate genetic sequences capable of infecting and replicating inside bacteria. Read: SpaceX shares plunge after…
The World Public Summit, underscoring Africa’s growing influence in shaping global dialogue and international cooperation, is for the first time holding its summit in Addis Ababa under the theme “A New World: Africa in Shaping a Shared Future.” The two-day summit has brought together more than 700 representatives of international organizations, public institutions, government agencies,…
You don’t get much for $20 anymore — except, apparently, a streaming stick that makes television watching easy and scores you access to thousands of apps. Right now, Amazon’s newest Fire TV Stick HD is on sale for 43 percent off. This is the latest version of Amazon’s most popular streaming device, and it’s a…
Satellites can now spot major methane leaks from space within days. Yet only 13 per cent of those alerts lead to any response from the governments or companies responsible. The UN Environment Programme (UNEP) wants to close that gap. On Tuesday, it announced a new push – backed by Bloomberg Philanthropies – to help countries…
Across Africa last year, fewer people were uncertain about their ability to obtain adequate food or were forced to reduce the quality and quantity of what they ate. It was the first continent-wide improvement in food insecurity in a decade. The Hunger rate declined for the first time in nearly a decade, from 20.3 percent…
