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TV white spaces connects schools
A TV white spaces pilot project has gone live in Limpopo, with five schools connected to the Internet for the first time. The Microsoft pilot was completed four weeks ago, with teachers and learners getting access to the Internet and PCs for the first time ever. The...
Connectivity is a priority for SA
Broadband and connectivity is a priority for South Africa over the next five years. This is according to President Jacob Zuma, who delivered his State of the Nation Address yesterday evening. “In addition to our major energy security interventions, we will continue to...
Corruption comes under the spotlight
Public sector corruption has come under the spotlight in recent years, and President Jacob Zuma says the current government will work to reduce it. “The Special Investigating Unit, the Anti-Corruption Task Team the Asset Forfeiture Unit and the Hawks, have made...
Wits academics set to shine at NTSF Awards
Three Wits academics have been announced as finalists in the 2013/2014 National Science and Technology Forum (NSTF) Awards, hosted in partnership with BHP Billiton. Professor Hoosen (Jerry) Coovadia has been nominated for his outstanding contribution to science,...
Capitec offers clients cell phone banking
Capitec Bank yesterday launched its cell phone banking app, saying that a key difference between this app and other banking apps is that it can be accessed on both feature phones and smartphones. It adds that the Capitec Bank app also offers security via the phone and...
Addressing the challenges of education
A key to driving poverty reduction in South Africa is education. “We will continue to invest in education and skills development as that is the key to economic growth and development,” says president Jacob Zuma, delivering the State of the Nation Address yesterday....
Africa emerges as strong trading partner
Sub-Saharan Africa is increasingly becoming a more important trade partner for South Africa. President Jacob Zuma, delivering the State of the Nation Address yesterday, points out that South African investments in the continent increased from R5,5-billion in 2002 to...
UCT breaks into BRICS top 10
The University of Cape Town has made it into the top 10 of the QS University Rankings: BRICS, which compares the top 200 institutions in Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa. Although South African universities are the best in on the African continent, only...
Facebook users most at risk
Facebook remains the preferred target for cybercriminals who specialise in stealing social network accounts - according to Kaspersky Lab’s statistics, in Q1 2014 fake sites imitating Facebook accounted for 10,85% of all instances when the heuristic anti-phishing...
Xerox scientists share innovation
At least 20 computer vision and imaging scientists from Xerox will join their peers from Google, Facebook, Microsoft Research, Amazon and many of the world’s top academic institutions later this month to share their research on making computers more “human-like”,...
Kaspersky Lab detects mobile Trojan Svpeng
Although the Gameover Zeus botnet and Cryptolocker ransomware have been disrupted, it is still too early for a victory celebration. First, the deadline has expired and secondly, stories of the Gameover Zeus and Cryptolocker campaign have already spawned a number of...
Pushing the skills development agenda
Last month, the Department of Higher Education and Training published the National Scarce Skills List that provides a list of the top 100 occupations in the country that are considered to be in short supply. With Information and Communications Technology (ICT) making...
Dell offers flexible finance solutions
Dell has announced increased support to organisations in South Africa and Namibia by offering flexible finance solutions which protect businesses’ capital reserves and help drive customers’ future growth. The Dell Financial Services scheme (DFS) is a Dell entity...
TV white spaces connects schools
A TV white spaces pilot project has gone live in Limpopo, with five schools connected to the Internet for the first time. The Microsoft pilot was completed four weeks ago, with teachers and learners getting access to the Internet and PCs for the first time ever. The...
Connectivity is a priority for SA
Broadband and connectivity is a priority for South Africa over the next five years. This is according to President Jacob Zuma, who delivered his State of the Nation Address yesterday evening. “In addition to our major energy security interventions, we will continue to...
Corruption comes under the spotlight
Public sector corruption has come under the spotlight in recent years, and President Jacob Zuma says the current government will work to reduce it. “The Special Investigating Unit, the Anti-Corruption Task Team the Asset Forfeiture Unit and the Hawks, have made...
Wits academics set to shine at NTSF Awards
Three Wits academics have been announced as finalists in the 2013/2014 National Science and Technology Forum (NSTF) Awards, hosted in partnership with BHP Billiton. Professor Hoosen (Jerry) Coovadia has been nominated for his outstanding contribution to science,...
Capitec offers clients cell phone banking
Capitec Bank yesterday launched its cell phone banking app, saying that a key difference between this app and other banking apps is that it can be accessed on both feature phones and smartphones. It adds that the Capitec Bank app also offers security via the phone and...
Addressing the challenges of education
A key to driving poverty reduction in South Africa is education. “We will continue to invest in education and skills development as that is the key to economic growth and development,” says president Jacob Zuma, delivering the State of the Nation Address yesterday....
Africa emerges as strong trading partner
Sub-Saharan Africa is increasingly becoming a more important trade partner for South Africa. President Jacob Zuma, delivering the State of the Nation Address yesterday, points out that South African investments in the continent increased from R5,5-billion in 2002 to...