KZN university wins MTN challenge

Jul 31, 2015

The University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN) has won the inaugural MTN SA Foundation ICT Challenge and the overall National Championship title at the recent Enactus National Competition 2015. The championship title has qualified UKZN to represent South Africa at the...

Metrofile opens rebuilt KZN warehouse

Jun 17, 2015

Metrofile Records Management, a group company of JSE-listed Metrofile Holdings Limited, has officially opened its rebuilt KwaZulu-Natal-based warehouse, which was destroyed by a fire in October 2013. The warehouse is 2 500m2 in size with a height of 15m, equating to a capacity of 400 000 boxes. According to Guy Kimble, MD of Metrofile Records Managements, the fire and safety aspects of the warehouse have been completely redesigned. The warehouse now has an in-rack sprinkler system that operates under dry pressurized conditions until the hypersensitive aspirating fire detection system is activated.

DFA rolls out fibre to KZN

Dec 2, 2014

DFA recently launched its Umhlanga Tachyon Node, in La Lucia, KwaZulu-Natal. The hosting facility will act as an aggregation point for Internet service providers (ISPs) to provide businesses in the area with a cost-effective way to easily access high-speed broadband...

T-Systems extends ESD initiative to KZN

Nov 26, 2014

As part of an on-going strategy of creating inclusive and sustainable transformation, T-Systems in South Africa has announced the launch of the next phase of its Enterprise Supplier Development (ESD) initiative. ESD is aimed at leveraging procurement spend to promote...

KZN learners provided with ICT training

Sep 2, 2014

A total of 25 rural KwaZulu-Natal students – all of them recent school-leavers – have successfully completed NQF Level 4 learnerships in ICT technical support, an invaluable qualification given the current employment crisis. The programme is the result of a...