Axing of Nene dubbed ‘reckless’, ‘dangerous’

The surprise axing of Finance Minister Nhanhla Nene has been met with shock, while South Africa’s currency has received a pounding on the news. Mmusi Maimane, federal leader of the Democratic Alliance, call announcement by President Zuma that he has fired...
Quest for clean air for Joburg

Quest for clean air for Joburg

IBM Research has signed a collaboration agreement with the City of Johannesburg and Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) to apply advanced technologies to help the city deliver on its air quality management plan. Building on IBM’s global Green...

Don’t get scammed over the holidays

The holiday season is upon us, and MTN SA has sounded a warning that scams have increased. Ike Dube, GM: business risk management at MTN SA, comments: “We want to ensure that our customers are reminded about the necessary steps they need to take should an...

Contestants drop out of record attempt

Four contestants have been disqualified in the race to set a new record, certified by Guinness World Records, for the longest time spent watching movies. Buhlebethu Hlatswayo became the fourth contestant to drop out after falling asleep at 2:50am on Thursday morning...

New online innovation challenge for Africa

Facebook is launching the Internet.org Innovation Challenge in Africa, with the aim of recognising developers and entrepreneurs who are using the internet to improve the standard of education and economic health in their communities. Developers across Africa are...

Malware count drops as crooks save money

During 2015, demand for new malicious programmes reached saturation point, as the number of new malware files detected every day by Kaspersky Lab products fell by 15 000 – from 325 000 in 2014 to 310 000. Kaspersky Lab’s experts believe this is mainly due...