Register now for Take a Girl Child to Work Day

Basetsana Kumalo, Dolly Mokgatle and Leanne Manas have been appointed as ambassadors and mentors for the Cell C Take a Girl Child to Work Day campaign on Thursday 26 May. Cell C Take a Girl Child to Work Day (TAGCTWD) is targeted at Grade 10 to Grade 12 South African...

MMM freezes funds, recruits new investors

The South African arm of MMM Global Republic of Bitcoin, the pyramid financial scheme based on the virtual Mavros currency, has frozen its members’ money – but is urging them to deposit new funds and recruit more members to “restart” the system. The international arm...

IoT in agriculture will increase yields

It is estimated that, through technological innovation, the Internet of Things (IoT) has the potential to increase agricultural productivity in Africa by 70% by 2050 – and this is exactly the figure by which demand for food in Africa is set to increase based on...

SA businesses out of touch with tech challenges

Most South African CIOs and business leaders believe they are not at all prepared for the technological shifts taking place in the economy, with the result that their current business plans will have lost their relevance within only three years. In addition, many...

Weasel in the works bring LHC down

The Large Hadron Collider in Switzerland will be down for a couple of days, thanks to a weasel Cern described the problem as “electrical perturbation” that has affected all accelerators. It describes the causes of the fault as a short circuit caused by a...

Australian stands up as Bitcoin inventor

An Australian entrepreneur has identified himself as the creator of Bitcoin. Craig Wright told BBC News that he is Satashi Nakamoto, the inventor of the digital cash system. However, while Wright has satisfied some on the Bitcoin community about his identity, others...