Inaugural Africa Education Medal goes to Prof Phakeng

University of Cape Town (UCT) vice-chancellor Professor Mamokgethi Phakeng has been named the winner of the inaugural Africa Education Medal, launched this year by T4 Education and HP in collaboration with Intel and Microsoft. Professor Phakeng was chosen from among...

Study shows Chinese cities are leading in carbon reduction

Thirty-eight Chinese cities have reduced their emissions of planet-warming carbon dioxide (CO2) despite growing economies and populations for at least five years – defined as proactively peaked cities, a new study reveals. A further 21 cities have cut CO2...

Intel debuts socketed SoC processors for the edge

Intel has announced the availability of its 12th Gen Intel CoreTM SoC processors for IoT Edge. Representing a new lineup of purpose-built edge products optimized for Internet of Things (IoT) applications, this first-of-its-kind socketed system-on-chip (SoC) delivers...

Retail trends for 2022 and beyond

Gears switched at the beginning of 2022 as we entered a new phase in a retail eco-system that was still massaging aches and pains and playing catch up with new consumer behavioural patterns evolving as – “new ways of doing things”,...

Celebs take the plunge for Special Olympic National Games

The annual Special Olympics South Africa Polar Plunge is back, now in its sixth year, will see more than 150 celebs and well-known personalities taking the plunge into icy water to help raise funds for the 2022 Special Olympics South Africa National Games taking place...

Licensing exemption and regulation notice published for public comment

Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy Gwede Mantashe has published the Licensing Exemption and Regulation Notice under section 36(4) of the Electricity Regulation Act (2006), for public comment in Government Gazette No. 46845 3 of 02 September 2022. The Licensing...