ISPA calls for PoPI to be implemented

The Internet Service Providers’ Association (ISPA) has written to the President of South Africa requesting that he take the necessary steps to ensure that the personal information of South Africans receives proper legal protection. On the occasion of the...

Young scientists win career opportunities

Young scientists have been awarded following impressive showcases of innovative scientific and engineering projects, which aim to solve issues experienced in their communities and globally, at the Eskom Expo International Science Fair. The fair was held at the...

Call for South-South co-operation on food security

Leaders gathering for the United Nations General Assembly from 17-30 September 2019 in New York have made a strong plea for enhanced South-South co-operation to strengthen food security. Speaking as part of a session on the role of South-South cooperation to achieve...

Top brands demonstrate electric car future

South Africa’s first electric vehicle road trip (EVRT) powered by ACDC Dynamics and driven by Generation.e in partnership with the Department of Transport and the Gauteng government, will take place from 2 – 10 October 2019, in celebration of Transport...

Net1 UEPS reports break-even in SA

Net 1 UEPS Technologies has reported revenue of $71,2-million, GAAP EPS of -$2.63 and fundamental EPS of – $2.45 for the fourth quarter of 2019. Fundamental EPS of -$2.45 includes $125,4-million, or $2.21 per share of non-cash fair value loss adjustments for...
Tess witnesses a star being destroyed

Tess witnesses a star being destroyed

For the first time, NASA’s planet-hunting Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (Tess) watched a black hole tear apart a star in a cataclysmic phenomenon called a tidal disruption event. Follow-up observations by NASA’s Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory and...