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Thu, March 28th, 05:44 · Nanine Steenkamp

Female ‘difference’ not an obstacle, says SA male developer

South African Clint Lynch, senior developer at Realm Digital, believes being a woman should not keep females from entering the tech space as gender is not exceptional to other differences. → Read more
Wed, March 27th, 14:46 · Brandon Gregory

SABC hits a blunder with BRICS translations

Much of what was said by leaders at the BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa) summit, which is drawing to a close today, during their address to the media was lost in translation after the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) failed to turn the volume up. → Read more
Wed, March 27th, 14:45 · Nanine Steenkamp

Big interest in SA investment follows Unreasonable visit

The entrepreneurial Unreasonable at Sea ship’s visit to South Africa has been greeted with great enthusiasm by various parties as the startups pitched at the Waterfront yesterday (Tuesday) in Cape Town. → Read more
Wed, March 27th, 13:42 · Nanine Steenkamp

Africa is Disneyland for entrepreneurs, says SAP

Global business software leader SAP opened the international entrepreneurship initiative Unreasonable at Sea meet up yesterday (Tuesday) in Cape Town, South Africa, emphasising the need of entrepreneurs and the solutions it can offer to Africa. → Read more
Wed, March 27th, 13:02 · Gabriella Mulligan

Samsung sorry for “promotional/entertainment ladies”

Samsung South Africa has apologised for its decision to involve scantily clad female dancers in a kitchen appliance launch after the show sparked public outrage and media condemnation. → Read more
Wed, March 27th, 12:09 · Brandon Gregory

Shinn writes in detail to SABC interim board chairperson

Marian Shinn, the shadow minister of communications has written an open letter to Zandile Tshabalala, the new chairperson of the recently established South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) interim board, to offer advice. → Read more
Wed, March 27th, 10:23 · Nanine Steenkamp

Female label needs to be removed in tech field, says SA programmer

South African programmer Lyndsay Lawrence, junior developer at BrandsEye and co-founder of Umonyo, feels the divide between males and females is humiliating. → Read more
Wed, March 27th, 10:17 · Gabriella Mulligan

Carl Pistorius trial will not be broadcast

Carl Pistorius’ trial for culpable homicide will not be broadcast live, the magistrate has ruled, despite an application to do so by the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC). → Read more
Wed, March 27th, 09:08 · Gabriella Mulligan

SKA telescope unfeasible using current tech

The Square Kilometre Array (SKA) telescope is not feasible with current technologies, according to an IBM expert. → Read more
Wed, March 27th, 08:00 · Gabriella Mulligan

Vodacom cuts data costs by 84%

Vodacom has launched a further promotion which will see prepaid data costs cut by up to 84 per cent, in a bid to promote social media activity on smartphones. → Read more
Wed, March 27th, 05:20 · Richard Cutcher

Western Cape to invest US$5.7 million in broadband

The Western Cape government’s planned investment in its Broadband Initiative has significantly trumped that of Gauteng province. → Read more
Tue, March 26th, 15:56 · Nanine Steenkamp

Protei announced as SAP winner on SA shore

Protei, an open source oil spill cleaning robot startup from the United States was appointed as the winner at the SAP conference for Cape Town’s Unreasonable at Sea shore stop today (Tuesday). → Read more
Tue, March 26th, 15:45 · Brandon Gregory

DA to fight “tooth and nail” against toll roads in the Western Cape

Ivan Meyer, a leader for the Democratic Alliance (DA) in the Western Cape, has said they “will fight toll roads in the Western Cape like we are fighting them in Gauteng”. → Read more
Tue, March 26th, 15:22 · Richard Cutcher

Web Africa offering free ADSL trial in SA

South African internet service provider Web Africa is offering a free 14 day or 5GB usage trial on its ADSL services. → Read more
Tue, March 26th, 15:07 · Brandon Gregory

Brenda Fassie hologram causes mixed Twitter reaction

The late Brenda Fassie’s holographic projection, which was supposed be a resurrection of the singer, has had fans saying it was poorly executed. → Read more
Tue, March 26th, 14:50 · Tefo Mohapi

Network security appliances vendor Cyberoam appoints country manager in SA

Adrian Anema is security appliances vendor, Cyberoam’s, new South Africa country manager. → Read more
Tue, March 26th, 14:02 · Kamau Mbote

Huawei launches call centre in Africa

Huawei has launched its first call centre in South Africa to support the local market. → Read more
Tue, March 26th, 12:57 · Brandon Gregory

ICASA approves Google to use white space

Google and partner organisations have been approved to explore using unused channels in South Africa by the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA). → Read more
Tue, March 26th, 12:47 · Richard Cutcher

Vodacom SA release another prepaid tariff

Vodacom has announced another prepaid tariff plan, seemingly in response to MTN’s One Rate. → Read more
Tue, March 26th, 10:29 · Elly Okutoyi

IBM launches project to monitor water leaks through crowdsourcing

Technology giant IBM has launched a project that will assist in monitoring the water distribution system in South Africa via crowdsourcing. → Read more