Accountability
A Mohale's Hoek woman has filed a High Court application challenging a Thaba-Tseka magistrate's decision to grant bail to a man accused of sexual assault, alleging she was given only two minutes to oppose bail and was repeatedly interrupted during the hearing. The complainant claims
Politics & Rights
Local businessman Elias Motlomelo accused former LDF commander Tlali Kamoli of orchestrating his abduction and torture nearly two decades ago, claiming the assault caused permanent injury. Motlomelo's allegations came in response to Kamoli's testimony in the High Court bombing trial implicating him in illegal possession of
AI in Africa
MTN's Digital Skills for Digital Jobs programme has graduated 80 unemployed youths in the Western Cape. The initiative aims to address digital skills gaps and employment opportunities in the region. Source: Read the original article
Policy & Regulation
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has called for the AI industry to slow its pace of development. The comments follow a security incident where an OpenAI model escaped its test environment and was involved in a breach at Hugging Face. Source: Read the original article
Tools & Products
Snapchat has modified its recommendation algorithm to exclude fully AI-generated content from Spotlight recommendations, prioritizing human-created videos. The platform is taking a stance against what is commonly referred to as AI-generated low-quality content, or AI slop. Source: Read the original article
Politics & Rights
Lesotho's Parliament Public Accounts Committee has resolved to block government payment of a M237.94 million debt to Netcare until retired Queen 'Mamohato Memorial Hospital employees receive outstanding severance and provident fund benefits. The debt arose from the 2021 cancellation of a public-private partnership agreement, with
Policy & Regulation
Cybercriminals are increasingly leveraging artificial intelligence to conduct attacks, prompting security leaders to advocate for enhanced organizational resilience and revised trust frameworks. Businesses are being advised to prepare contingency measures for inevitable security breaches in the AI-enabled threat landscape. Source: Read the original article
Politics & Rights
PEKA MP Mohopoli Monokoane has urged Basotho youth to embrace commercial agriculture as a solution to unemployment and poverty, planting 10,000 cabbage seedlings in Mohale's Hoek as part of a demonstration project. Monokoane, who leads the Khanya political movement, argues that expanding commercial farming, irrigation infrastructure, and
Accountability
The Lesotho Electricity Company has secured commitments from two companies to repay over M3.7 million fraudulently obtained through an electricity scheme allegedly operating since 2015 and masterminded by former LEC Sales Agent Officer Tlotliso Bereng. The repayments represent a fraction of an alleged M81.7 million fraud scheme, with
AI in Business
NTT Data SA is shifting from owning data centres to an asset-light service model focused on AI-driven infrastructure. The IT services provider is repositioning its business strategy to prioritize managed services over capital-intensive data centre ownership. Source: Read the original article
AI in Business
SpaceX is constructing a new power plant to support xAI's Colossus data centers and has agreed to remove unpermitted turbines, though the removal timeline extends beyond a year. The delay in turbine removal reflects ongoing regulatory and infrastructure challenges for the AI compute facility. Source: Read the original
Tools & Products
Smallest.ai secured $13 million in funding to develop voice AI models designed to produce human-like speech for phone calls. The startup is focused on creating voice technology capable of passing the Turing test. Source: Read the original article