3+ day, 23+ hour ago   (298+ words) What does family life in South Africa look like in 2026? People are having fewer children than they did nearly two decades ago, and the country’s total fertility rate has been on a steady downward slide. Stats SA data, reported by…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (526+ words) Tuesday, September 1, 2026 Yesterday’s Lake America row was about Google Maps falling in line for US users, but today, MapQuest is emerging as the hero leading the resistance against petty name changes. According to TechCrunch, MapQuest’s iPhone app has shot to…...

2+ week, 1+ hour ago   (438+ words) Monday, August 31, 2026 [Image: Robert David Linsdell / CC] Google Maps is now changing the name of a Great Lake depending on which side of the border is looking at it. For users in the United States, Lake Ontario is starting to…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago   (441+ words) The Nepal flood story has moved from frightening to properly grim in less than a day, with at least four South Africans still listed among the people missing after flash floods tore through the Nepal-Tibet border region. Yesterday, the early…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (304+ words) Following a Mail on Sunday investigation, an African wildlife charity, African Parks, for whom Prince Harry has been a trustee for a decade, admitted to human rights abuses. They have since announced in a statement that they will be doing…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (428+ words) Sadly, the death of a number of elephants has been recorded in the Amboseli National Park and surrounding ecosystem, which started in late June. Since then, a total of 18 have been found deceased in Kenya. At first, this was something…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (296+ words) Monday, August 24, 2026 Professional athletes better watch their backs, because the robots are coming for their gigs. In fact, a humanoid robot called Lightning taking part in the second-ever World Humanoid Robot Games managed to run the 100-metre in 9.32 seconds, ⁠beating…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (620+ words) Eight weeks after a parcel bomb tore through the entrance of one of Monaco’s most expensive apartment blocks, the woman accused of planting it is dead, two men are in custody over her killing, and the question of who ordered…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (226+ words) A British couple on their honeymoon and their Greek pilot have died after their private helicopter crashed into a field on the Greek island of Sifnos, just moments before it was due to land. Alexander Cromie and Marie Ebert were…...