Oct 2, 2018
As Volkswagen began planning for its push into electric cars and autonomous technology, the company faced a major challenge — how to build a connected car that enabled drivers to seamlessly access digital services on the go. A driver might, for example, be...
Oct 1, 2018
How many times have you stepped outside into a surprise rainstorm without an umbrella and wished that weather forecasts were more accurate? A satellite no bigger than a shoebox may one day help. Small enough to fit inside a backpack, the aptly named RainCube (Radar in...
Sep 27, 2018
A new species of a giant dinosaur has been found in the Free State province. The plant-eating dinosaur, named Ledumahadi Mafube – Sesotho for “a giant thunderclap at dawn” – weighed 12 tonnes and stood about four metres high at the hips. An international...
Sep 27, 2018
Young people are more optimistic about their future, the future of their country, and the future of the world than older people. This is according to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation’s Goalkeepers Global Youth Poll, an opinion poll conducted by Ipsos...
Sep 26, 2018
The back-dated salary payments in the public sector continued to spur the increase in BankservAfrica’s Take-home Pay Index for August, with real salaries showing improvements on both an annual and monthly basis. According to Shergeran Naidoo, head: stakeholder...
Sep 25, 2018
Most South Africans (87%) now accept that data breaches and hacks are the new normal and will likely happen to everyone. And, according to a recent survey in South Africa conducted by Mastercard, 70% of people believe there is not much they can do to protect their...
