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'We are taking no chances': KZN government warns of violent storms on Friday
1+ week, 2+ day ago (466+ words) Heavy rain, damaging winds and lightning set to slam KZN. KwaZulu-Natal is bracing for a night of dangerous storms after the provincial government sounded the alarm over a powerful weather system expected to lash large parts of the province on…...
Are Meta glasses the future of invasive surveillance?
12+ hour, 22+ min ago (895+ words) Meta glasses have left people legitimately unnerved, and rightfully so. They record in public, regardless of promises about blurred faces and anonymity. Image: Ray-Ban Meta Limited Edition THE META Smart glasses are nefarious work. A deeply disturbing revelation has left…...
Why Apple’s MacBook Neo came in like a wrecking ball
11+ hour, 22+ min ago (565+ words) This week, the local Windows and Chromebook market was taken by storm as Apple launched its new MacBook Neo. The best thing (and worst thing for its competitors) about this laptop is the price of R11,999. Taking into account inflation, Apple…...
Cape Town astronomers unveil the hidden Vela supercluster behind the Milky Way
1+ day, 9+ hour ago (659+ words) A map of the Local Universe highlighting the main superclusters. Vela, a massive hidden structure, is on the left. The image shows how galaxies flow through space and the large-scale "basins" that channel them. A decade-long search led by Cape…...
Solving the national water crisis: smart water meters could get South Africa off the starting block
1+ week, 4+ day ago (650+ words) Tumi Chamayou, Chief Enterprise Business Officer at MTN Business South Africa There's much to enjoy about the hot, dry weather conditions that have come to characterise South African summers. The summers of the past three years however, have also brought…...
Western Cape and Namakwa experience record-breaking heatwave
1+ day, 17+ hour ago (315+ words) Western Cape and Namakwa shatter March heat records amid severe heatwave Several weather stations across the Western Cape and Namakwa District have broken long-standing March temperature records as an intense heatwave sweeps the region, the South African Weather Service (SAWS)…...
Sulphur smell alarms Johannesburg residents as heavy odour blankets the city
2+ day, 6+ hour ago (802+ words) Residents in Johannesburg are on high alert this week as a foul sulphur odour blankets the city, causing widespread alarm. Image: Steve Lawrence / Independent Newspapers A powerful sulphur smell spread across large parts of Johannesburg this week, leaving residents alarmed…...
New research challenges age estimation methods for crocodiles and dinosaurs
3+ day, 11+ hour ago (585+ words) Anusuya Chinsamy-Turan and Maria'Eugenia Pereyra from the University of Cape Town say growth marks in crocodile bones may not accurately reveal the age of reptiles or dinosaurs. Researchers from the University of Cape Town have revealed groundbreaking findings that challenge…...
Ezemvelo KZN Wildlife achieves historic low in rhino poaching
4+ day, 8+ hour ago (694+ words) Ezemvelo KZN Wildlife has reached a remarkable milestone with zero rhino poaching incidents in KwaZulu-Natal for January 2026. Image: Armand Hough / Independent Newspapers Ezemvelo KZN Wildlife has achieved a historic milestone with zero rhino poaching incidents recorded in KwaZulu-Natal provincial parks…...
Speaking the continent's languages: Google's AI expansion into Sub-Saharan Africa
1+ week, 1+ day ago (230+ words) More than 100 Google employees reportedly signed a petition calling on the company to "refuse to comply" with certain Pentagon uses of artificial intelligence in military operations. None of this is cause for uncritical celebration. Africa's 2,000-plus languages means that 13 represents…...