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Brace for impact: Cut-off low to drench SA with severe weather
1+ hour, 43+ min ago (415+ words) An intense cut-off low-pressure system is expected to affect parts of South Africa from Tuesday to Thursday, May 5 to 7. The South African Weather Service (SAWS) has warned of an approaching period of cold, wet and windy conditions that will impact…...
Major weather system to batter SA this week
1+ hour, 54+ min ago (346+ words) The South African Weather Service (SAWS) has issued a warning of an approaching period of cold, wet, and windy weather expected to affect large parts of the country from today, May 4 to Thursday, May 7. Also read: 12. 20% electricity hike on the…...
Disruptive snowfall signals major cold snap across SA - Will Pretoria feel the chill?
3+ hour, 25+ min ago (193+ words) Pretoria residents may not wake up to snow this week, but a powerful weather system bringing disruptive snowfall elsewhere in South Africa is set to send temperatures plunging and storms rolling into the city. A cut-off low-pressure system is expected…...
Weather warning for Tuesday
4+ hour, 14+ min ago (354+ words) The MEC of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (Co GTA) in Kwa Zulu-Natal (KZN), Thulasizwe Buthelezi, has placed disaster management teams on high alert to monitor a cut-off low-pressure system expected to impact the province from Tuesday, 5 May 2026. On Sunday,…...
AI makes us turkeys getting fat
8+ hour, 16+ min ago (384+ words) I keep getting amazing job suggestions on Linked In from big companies paying big money. It's not even a scam. I could work remotely as a "Creative/ Literary Writer" earning the mind-boggling sum of up to $150 hourly. I could make…...
WARNING: Cut'Off Low sparks severe weather alert across parts of SA
20+ hour, 44+ min ago (591+ words) Here's what to expect in your province on Sunday, 3 May 2026. Picture: Canva Here's what to expect in your province on Monday, 4 May 2026. Picture: Canva South Africa is bracing for a ferocious weather assault as an intense cut'off low threatens to…...
From room-sized computers to laptops: A pioneer's journey
1+ day, 3+ hour ago (657+ words) Scrolling through our phones, staying connected has never been easier. Whether it's doom-scrolling on social media, managing our finances, or composing emails on the move, access to digital platforms has broken boundaries, giving us the freedom to live our lives,…...
Eggcellent news
1+ day, 4+ hour ago (169+ words) It's confirmed: Makatsa and Mahlori, the world-famous pair of Verreaux's Eagles who have been nesting at the Walter Sisulu National Botanical Gardens for years, has an egg on the nest. "As is typical when there is an egg, we saw…...
This is the weather you can expect across SA on Sunday
1+ day, 19+ hour ago (322+ words) Here's what to expect in your province on Sunday, 3 May 2026. Picture: Canva South Africans can expect largely fine, cool-to-warm conditions across most provinces on Sunday, 3 May, with morning fog patches in several regions and isolated showers in parts of Limpopo....
Fiction is where researchers can find facts
2+ day, 3+ hour ago (285+ words) Civilisations rising and crumbling over eons and across galaxies. Interplanetary conflicts, alien races and worlds as vivid in description as they are difficult to conceive. For a young Prof. Henk Bouwman, now professor in Zoology at the North-West University (NWU)…...