As South Africans embrace the festive spirit and conclude 2025, the nation also pauses to reflect on its remarkable democratic journey. December marks Reconciliation Month, culminating in National ...

The world faces growing tensions, making social cohesion an urgent necessity against the forces of division. Our societies are at risk of fracture due to political polarisation and extremism, which ...

SplashBotix uses magnetic couplings to create safer, miniaturized robotic fountains for children’s playgrounds, preventing harm from foreign objects. The technology replaces traditional mechanical ...

Java Development Kit (JDK) 26, a planned update to standard Java due March 17, 2026, has reached an initial rampdown phase for bug fixes, with the feature set now frozen. The following 10 features are ...

Backed by the Albanese Labor government, the Australian Federal Police (AFP) has set up unprecedented National Security Investigations (NSI) teams to target groups and individuals allegedly causing ...

Oracle’s Java team sat down with me last week for a fast-moving briefing on Java 25 and the broader direction of the platform. The headline: JDK 25 is an LTS release, the second on Oracle’s new ...

This chapter is loosely based on A Philosophy of Software Design by John Ousterhout and my article. Any software system which we encounter is very likely to be too complex to comprehend all at once – ...

The Constitution of Kenya, 2010, was designed to prevent abuse of power by subjecting the presidency to strong checks and balances through an empowered bicameral Parliament, an independent Judiciary, ...