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Police are searching for suspects who allegedly drugged and robbed visitors staying at a Bantry Bay penthouse in Cape Town over the long weekend. The victims reportedly met the women at Ayepyep Restaurant before being drugged. Clothes, cash and cellphones worth about R300,000 were stolen. A case has been opened at Sea Point police station. A R10,000 reward is offered for information. Contact 071 591 6120.

This MRI study on young kids just exposed something terrifying: They scanned the brains of 60 children aged 3–5 — including 5-year-old Rose — and found interactive screen time is causing measurable loss of white matter in their developing brains. Even just 2 hours a day is linked to impaired neural connectivity, language, and literacy development. Professor Mike Nagel (neuroscientist and father) said his first reaction was simply: “Wow… I was not anticipating seeing anything like that.” We’re physically changing children’s brains before they even start school — and the damage is visible on scans. This one actually unsettled me. I’ve always suspected too much screen time was bad, but seeing real white matter loss in toddlers hits different. Parents of little ones — has this kind of research changed how much screen time you allow?