Hudaa Ahmed

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 […]

July 22, 2026 South African motorists could eventually renew their driving licence cards every eight years instead of every five—meaning fewer fees, fewer eye tests and fewer mornings sacrificed to a licensing-centre queue. There is, however, one important catch: the eight-year period is not yet in effect. The proposal is progressing through government’s policy-development process,

July 17, 2026 An unfamiliar number appears on your phone. Ignore it, and you could miss a call from an employer, doctor, school or delivery driver. Answer it, and you may be rewarded with another unwanted insurance pitch, cellphone offer or funeral policy. That uncertainty is the real cost of South Africa’s spam-call crisis. It

July 16, 2026 The next cost-of-living shock may not arrive through a government announcement, an Eskom tariff increase or another painful adjustment at the fuel pumps. It may arrive quietly—when the bag of maize meal costs more, the tray of chicken becomes smaller and another item disappears from the family trolley. A rapidly strengthening El

July 14, 2026 The United States is bombing Iran again. The ceasefire is collapsing, commercial vessels are being attacked and missiles are crossing the airspace of neighbouring countries. Yet the most consequential development may not be another explosion in the Strait of Hormuz. It may be a letter sent to Congress. President Donald Trump has

July 13, 2026 The Gulf is no longer watching the war from a safe distance. It is inside it. Missiles and drones have crossed borders, air-raid sirens have sounded over major cities, commercial vessels have come under fire and the Strait of Hormuz has once again become the centre of a dangerous struggle for control.

July 8, 2026 Winning a war is one thing. Winning the peace that follows is something else entirely. History has shown that countries can survive weeks or even months of conflict, only to spend years rebuilding from it. That is the challenge now confronting Iran. While a fragile truce has silenced the missiles for now,

July 7, 2026 Death is usually followed by a funeral within days. For Iran, it took more than four months. After funeral ceremonies began on Friday, 3 July, millions of mourners packed the streets of Tehran on Monday, 6 July, as the funeral procession for Ayatollah Ali Khamenei reached its largest and most significant stage.