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Police block March and March at Berea station as Moore Road march ends in a wall of officers

March and March members wanted to march on Berea police station over an alleged attack on a South African by a foreign national on a motorcycle. Police blocked the march and a heavy security presence held the line.

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Matrics are revising with ChatGPT while one in five has no device at home

Oxford University Press surveyed pupils and teachers in South Africa, Brazil, the UK and Hong Kong about AI in the classroom. South Africa came out with the heaviest reliance on chatbots and the widest device gap.

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