SA slides in competitiveness
South Africa has once again slipped down the rankings in the World Economic Forum (WEF) Global Competitiveness Report 2014-2015, attaining only 56th position this year.
Gender equality a problem in SA
Results of the 2014 MasterCard Index of Women’s Advancement show that gender inequality towards women remains in the workplace, particularly in the areas of leadership and employment.
Telkom aims to be broadband leader
Central to Telkom’s turnaround strategy is becoming a leader in broadband provision, and it is doing this by changing its go-to-business model as well as its branding.
NASA fires off printed rockets
NASA has successfully tested the most complex rocket engine parts ever designed by the agency and printed with additive manufacturing – or 3D printing – on a test stand at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Centre.
Watson improves thinking ability
IBM has announced that significant advances in Watson’s cognitive computing capabilities are enabling researchers to accelerate the pace of scientific breakthroughs by discovering previously unknown connections in big data. Available now as a cloud service, IBM’s...
3D printing cuts surgical costs
3D printing is being used to validate patient surgery prior to an operation, helping to reduce the length of surgical procedures and leading to a substantial reduction in theatre costs.