Icasa invites broadcast spectrum applications

The Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA) is inviting applications for the radio frequency spectrum for the purposes of providing a commercial subscription broadcasting service. The successful applicant will be assigned 45% capacity of the third...

Use CX to build great relationships

Eighty one percent of customer experience (CX) leaders report they will compete mostly or entirely on CX, but less than half have established the rationale for why CX drives business outcomes, according to Gartner. The goal of CX is to meet and exceed customer...

Bill Venter steps down from Altron board

Dr Bill Venter, founder of the Altron group, is retiring as non-executive director of the Altron board with effect from today (31 July 2018). Commenting on his retirement Dr Venter says: “I have the utmost confidence in the Board and the executive leadership team, who...
Now anyone can print a gun …

Now anyone can print a gun …

From tomorrow (1 August), anyone with an Internet connection will be able to download the blueprints to create their own, working, 3D-printed gun. Defence Distributed will relaunch its DefCAD project, and publishing instructions that will allow anyone with access to a...

Can Africa’s power utilities stay relevant?

A new study into the future of African power utilities and the challenges they face has highlighted four possible scenarios of what the continent’s energy sector will look like by the year 2030. In the whitepaper, titled: “The Future of Energy and Power...

Electronically-signed registration a Deeds Office first

In a historic development that could spell faster and more efficient conveyancing processes, the South African Deeds Office has registered its first electronically-signed property transfer. The property of Zelda Lendon (68) was registered in the Bloemfontein Deeds...