On the 100th anniversary of the Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) vaccine, experts from the Stop TB Partnership, researchers and civil society representatives have called on world leaders to deliver new, effective, safe, equitable and affordable tuberculosis (TB)...

Approximately 400 986 babies are born with Sickle Cell Disease (SCD) globally per year, with almost 75% of these births in Africa. Despite this high incidence resulting in high mortality rates, there are currently no effective SCD-focused public health programmes in...

There has been a massive increase in distributed denial of services (DDoS) attacks, according to the Imperva Incapsula Global DDoS Landscapre Threat Report released yesterday, reviewing the changes in DDoS attack patterns in Q4 2015. The report was compiled using data...

Yesterday's meeting of the South African Reserve Bank's Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) came at a time of volatility on global markets, together with a deep pessimism over South Africa's economic prospects and concerns over the direction of economic policy. According...

Computer prices, including laptops and tablets, have increased 20% over a one month period since November 2015, throwing the technology market into disarray - creating fears that some technology companies may go bust, or have to retrench staff. This is the worst price...

Exports of South African thermal coal through the Richards Bay Coal Terminal (RBCT) hit a record 75,4-million tonnes (mt) in 2015, an increase of approximately 4 mt above 2014 levels.  However, this will not translate into an equivalent rise in the country's total...

SA Connect - the nation's ambitious plan to roll out broadband connectivity to 90% of the poulation by 2020 - needs its SAPO moment if it is to make progress. This is according to Shadow Minister of Telecommunications and Postal Services Marian Shinn, on South...

SAP and Lenovo have announced a multifaceted partnership to develop cloud solutions in China, create innovations between the SAP HANA platform and Lenovo systems and jointly execute global go-to-market programs. The agreement is intended to significantly strengthen an...

A computer has beaten a human being at the ancient Asian game of Go, long thought to be the one board game that computers wouldn't be able to crack. Now, AlphaGo, a program developed by DeepMind, a Google company based in London, has beaten European Go champion Fan...

More than 1,59-billion people now use Facebook each month and 1,04-billion each day, an increase of more than 200-million people monthly and 148-million people daily this year. In December, 1,44-billion people accessed Facebook on mobile devices, an increase of 21%...