Oct 29, 2019
Recent torrential rains have led to Cape Town’s dams reaching 82,9%, up by 3,3% from the previous week. Although this was a welcome boost, rainfall this winter was still below average. Collective water consumption for the past week has decreased to 625-million...
Oct 29, 2019
Climate change has emerged as the most frequently mentioned theme among the world’s leading CEOs on Twitter, with 200% growth in conversations from the second quarter (Q2) to third quarter (Q3) of 2019. An analysis of GlobalData’s CEO Influencer platform,...
Oct 29, 2019
Vodacom has committed R3,5-million to the Eastern Cape government’s drought relief funds, aimed at assisting drought-stricken municipalities in Eastern Cape as the province is grappling with the worst drought in 15 years. The commitment follows a productive...
Oct 28, 2019
The State Information Technology Agency (SITA) and Microsoft South Africa have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) which paves the way for government adoption of public cloud services. The MOU, announced at Govtech in Durban, allows for government departments,...
Oct 28, 2019
IBM has joined a global consortium of partners, led by marine research organisation ProMare, that is building an unmanned, fully-autonomous ship that will cross the Atlantic on the fourth centenary of the original Mayflower voyage in September 2020. The Mayflower...
Oct 28, 2019
With estimates that between 30 000 and 50 000 drones are currently being operated in South Africa, security experts advise that unmanned aerial vehicles have punched a gaping hole in existing physical and IT security strategies. Interpol warns that the potential use...
