AGP Executive Report
Last update: 6 hours agoDigital Government: Home Affairs has begun testing an online asylum-registration system, using personal details, documents and facial biometrics to help tackle processing backlogs. AI Infrastructure: Vodacom is seeking partners to build AI data centres in South Africa and other African markets, sharing the cost of expanding the continent’s limited computing capacity. Radio Astronomy: South Africa’s MeerKAT telescope has independently detected a cosmic hydrogen signal at dark-energy scales for the first time. Nuclear Energy: Government plans public consultations on a 5.2GW nuclear procurement, with a draft case for new generation due for comment this month. Public Transport: GO!Durban has started testing its Bridge City–Pinetown route, including cashless fares and passenger-information systems, ahead of a planned launch next month.
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