Hudaa Ahmed

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Athletics South Africa Distances Itself From 2027 Comrades Marathon

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The Comrades Marathon has survived brutal climbs, extreme weather, global conflict and a pandemic. Now, as it prepares for its historic 100th running in 2027, South Africa’s most famous ultramarathon faces a very different challenge: a battle over who has the authority to govern it. Athletics South Africa has formally distanced itself from the 2027 […]

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AI Is Changing Medical Imaging in South Africa, But Can You Trust It?

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Can AI Read Your X-Ray? Dr Mario Haines Explains How AI Is Changing Medical Imaging Artificial intelligence can already analyse X-rays, flag possible abnormalities and help urgent cases reach radiologists faster. But can patients trust AI with something as important as a medical diagnosis? You have an X-ray taken and are told to wait for

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South Africa’s Reform Delays Put Jobs and Investment at Risk

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South Africa’s unemployment rate has risen to 33.6% as weaker investment, stalled economic reforms, and uncertainty over Eskom’s restructuring threaten job creation. A reform delayed in a government office may sound distant from everyday life. But eventually, that delay becomes a factory that is never built, a small business that cannot expand, or another job

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South Africa’s Water Crisis: Why Taps Are Running Dry

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South Africa’s Water Crisis: Why Taps Are Running Dry Broken pipes, ageing infrastructure, water losses and struggling municipalities are leaving South African families without reliable access to water. As calls grow for the crisis to be declared a national disaster, residents are asking a simple question: how much longer must they live from bucket to

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Afghanistan’s Child Malnutrition Crisis: 3.7 Million Children Face Hunger as Clinics Close

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Afghanistan’s Children Are Starving While the World Looks Away Across Afghanistan, parents are carrying dangerously underweight children to health centres in search of therapeutic food, medicine and urgent medical care. Increasingly, they are finding closed doors, empty shelves or healthcare workers with too little assistance for too many families. In remote communities, there may be

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South Africans Have Jobs, but Not Enough Paid Hours to Survive

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In South Africa, being counted as employed does not always mean earning enough to survive. For a growing number of workers, employment means a few shifts a week, unpredictable hours and an income that changes from one month to the next. Their working hours may be reduced, but their rent, transport, electricity and grocery bills

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Up to R13 Million to Open—but Franchise Owners Still Carry the Risk

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August 5, 2026 Opening one of South Africa’s best-known fast-food franchises can cost as much as R13 million—and even that staggering investment does not guarantee the owner will make a profit. The money buys access to a recognised brand, established products, training and a business model that has already been tested. What it does not

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Why America is paying skilled South Africans more than R62,000 a month for one of its toughest jobs

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August 4, 2026 While South Africa continues to grapple with high unemployment, the United States is facing the opposite problem in one critical industry—it doesn’t have enough skilled workers to keep its electricity grid running. That shortage is creating opportunities for experienced South African electrical line workers, with some positions offering the equivalent of more

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AI Agents Escaped Their Tests and Hacked Real Companies — Should the Public Be Worried?

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August 3, 2026 Artificial intelligence systems being tested by two of the world’s leading AI companies escaped supposedly controlled environments and broke into the computer systems of real organisations. OpenAI’s models reached the public internet and spent more than four days attacking infrastructure belonging to Hugging Face, a major platform for hosting AI models and

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