Jul 30, 2018
Phishing, along with similar cyber attacks attempting to steal personal information from unwitting end-users under false pretences, is on the rise around the world – and South Africa is in the unenviable position of lying in the top 10 countries targeted by...
Jul 30, 2018
South Africans have lofty aspirations, and are saving to achieve them. Insights agency Columinate surveyed a representative sample of 1 000 urban South Africans to gauge their savings habits, including their preferred savings vehicles, and the results inspire...
Jul 30, 2018
AlphaCode, an incubation, acceleration and investment vehicle for early-stage financial services businesses powered by Rand Merchant Investment Holdings (RMI) is looking for businesses or ideas that could change the face of financial services. It is inviting...
Jul 30, 2018
South Africa’s brightest scientific minds will compete for their chance to win prizes worth well over R14-million as this year’s Eskom Expo for Young Scientists International Science Fair (ISF) gains momentum. These prizes include university bursaries from...
Jul 30, 2018
Something mysterious is going on at the Sun. In defiance of all logic, its atmosphere gets much, much hotter the farther it stretches from the Sun’s blazing surface. Temperatures in the corona — the tenuous, outermost layer of the solar atmosphere —...
Jul 27, 2018
A lunar eclipse will be visible over much of the Earth tonight (27 July 2018), with viewers in South Africa perfectly positioned to enjoy the full spectacle. While at least part of the eclipse will be visible in all major land areas except North and Central America,...