Ericsson helps to connect refugees

With more than 43-million people around the world forcibly displaced due to drought, conflict or disaster, the need for a service to reconnect separated families is as pressing as ever. Nearly 1-million displaced people are in Kenya alone. Refugees United and Ericsson...

New BlackBerry plans from MTN

MTN has announced that, from 14 July 2013, it will introduce a new suite of BlackBerry service plans based on customers’ data usage patterns. MTN BlackBerry customers on the new service plans will enjoy access to the full benefits of the popular BlackBerry Internet...

SA bike benefits from crowdfunding

YBIKE Evolve, a three-in-one pedal trike and balance bike combination for kids, has broken all records in South Africa by raising over R32 500 of its required R100 000 start-up funding in just one week via online crowdfunding café, Thundafund. Chrome Cherry Design...

Wits apologises for Mandela obituary

The University of the Witwatersrand (Wits) has apologised to family members, friends, fellow South Africans and global citizens for an obituary related to the death of former president Nelson Mandela. Even though the university didn’t publish the obituary, it was...