Apr 2, 2019
The South African scientists who competed in the 39th Beijing Youth Science Creation Competition (BYSCC) impressed judges, all of them winning second prizes in their respective categories. The big winner was Phoebe Mgxaji, 16, from Macassar Secondary School in...
Apr 2, 2019
Harambee Youth Employment Accelerator has received the 2019 Skoll Award for Social Entrepreneurship. Founded by Silicon Valley entrepreneur Jeff Skoll, this prestigious award recognises change agents whose innovations have had significant, proven impact on the...
Apr 2, 2019
New vehicle sales continued their consistent slide downward as the first quarter drew to a close. While March 2018 sales were relatively robust last year, March 2019 industry sales ended on 47 718 units, 3,1% down year-on-year according to the National Automobile...
Apr 2, 2019
Corporates can play a more significant role in working with small businesses to stimulate economic growth and job creation across the continent. Standard Bank has partnered with Founders Factory Africa to grow businesses across Africa. Nadia Oshry, senior manager at...
Apr 1, 2019
When massive stars – many times larger than our Sun – are born, they shine hot and bright before eventually exploding as supernovas – in fact, they release so much energy that they can affect the evolution of galaxies. But, unlike stars like our Sun,...
Apr 1, 2019
Cyber incidents are the top risks for medium sized businesses (annual revenues of R500-million to R1-billion) in South Africa and around the world, replacing business interruption. This is according to the eighth Allianz Risk Barometer 2019, an annual survey on global...
