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Thursday, May 22, 2025

Business, state must be smart on AI privacy

AI experts believe privacy violations will continue to rise if business and the government don’t implement better regulations to tightly control how the smart technology is being used.

Weekend Argus News
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Stablecoin digital currency shares rand value

Cryptocurrencies are difficult to understand, with a constantly changing monetary value. But what if they carried the same value as the rand?

News South Africa Western Cape
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LOOK: Thousands gather to bid farewell to legend Chester Williams

Thousands of mourners, including rugby royalty, celebrities and politicians, gathered at the Newlands Stadium to bid farewell to rugby legend Chester Williams.

News
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Artificial intelligence is not free from bias

Ethics need to be programmed into AI to eliminate learnt behaviour

News South Africa Western Cape
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Proposed road threatens endangered Cape toads

Cape Town - Environmentalists have hit backat the City of Cape Town over a proposal to build a road in the Noordhoekarea that could threaten an endangered species of toads. The proposal to extend the existing Hou Moed Avenue to Lekkerwater Road in Masiphumelele would run alongside three ponds and cost R60million, but the environmental impact and necessity for the road have not been adequately investigated.

Weekend Argus News
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'Burn the Floor' lights up the Cape Town stage

Get ready to move your hips and tap your feet - while sitting - as "Burn the Floor" lights up the Baxter Theatre until August 17.

Entertainment Whats On Cape Town
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Army slammed as abalone operation leaves residents in fear

Table View residents were left confused when the army rolled into the neighbourhood without explanation.

News South Africa
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Sakina Grimwood's family is ‘devastated’ after her body found on Table Mountain

Grimwood?s body was found on Friday at the bottom of a steep cliff at Platteklip Gorge on Table Mountain after she apparently slipped and fell.

Weekend Argus News
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WATCH: Icebergs hold key to Cape Town’s water crisis, says master mariner

Icebergs the size of Table Mountain could be floating past Cape Town?s coastline in the next few years - in an ambitious plan to solve the city?s water shortage.

News South Africa Western Cape
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Fewer tourists visiting SA, #DayZero had negative impact

A new report shows that fewer international tourists are visiting South Africa - compared to other popular destinations on the continent.

Weekend Argus News
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#YouthDay: Western Cape youth uprising honoured in new exhibition

Historians seldom document the large 1976 student uprisings that took place in the Western Cape, electing rather to focus on Soweto.

News South Africa Western Cape
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We will protect ourselves, say farmers after attacks escalate

In a week of violent farm attacks that sent shock waves throughout the country, farm residents are fed up with talk and have decided to take control of their own safety.

Weekend Argus News
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New app to change the face of farming

Problems affecting trees and crops on a farm can be located and treated through a cellphone app.

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PICS: Designer hut in Milan showcase

A Contemporary African hut housing a collection of South African designers? hand-woven rugs, cork stools and patterned fabric chairs debuted at Milan Design Week this week.

News
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Banning main ingredient in weed killer is stupid, says expert

Spier Wine Estate farmer Angus McIntosh wants the use of glyphosate, the main ingredient in many weed killers, banned.

News
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Cell C cuts ties with Miss SA

Hundreds of would-be beauty queens will have to wait to enter the Miss South Africa contest after one of the pageants headline sponsors ended its sponsorship of the event.

Weekend Argus News
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Carishma Basday takes a deep dive in latest role

Actress Carishma Basday didn?t see many female role models who looked like her when she was younger, but her latest film transforms the perceptions around what roles can be played by women of colour.

Weekend Argus News
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Wholly disabled team a Cape Epic first

One of the world?s most grueling mountain bike races will see the entry of its first all-disabled team when amputees Jaco van Gass and Stuart Croxford ride in the Absa Cape Epic today.

Weekend Argus News
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Chicago's all that jazz

A Nightclub singer, a double-murderess, a smooth-talking lawyer and a cell block of sin surrounded by the world?s sexiest musical (and all that jazz). After an 11 year hiatus, Chicago the Musical has returned to Cape Town with an all-South African ca

Weekend Argus News
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PICS: Cape Town Carnival thrilled with rise and shine theme

Spectators flocked to Green Point to watch as first a group of motorbikes and then floats of all shapes and sizes came parading down the fan walk.

Weekend Argus News
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Radio jock Nigel Pierce denies breaching contract

Radio presenter Nigel Pierce has hit back at his former employers on social media, after he was fired from Good Hope FM.

News South Africa
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Imbalance in South Africa’s lion policy

More in captivity, used for petting or trophy hunting than on whole continent - conservationist

Weekend Argus News
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TV debut for Taliep’s daughter

Suidooster will have a new face from tomorrow night as a daughters of one of the country?s most celebrated playwrights makes her on-screen debut.

Weekend Argus News
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Focusing on sustainable transport

Transport experts want the city transformed into a car-free zone, where people are restricted to walking and riding bikes. Richard Gordge from Transport Futures believes ?proper investment? into public transport structures and less investment into bu

Weekend Argus News
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