A new application hopes that South Africans will bury paper till slips to make smartphones more integral to the e-shopping environment. PocketSlip is an application that records your shopping expenses, much like a digital till slip. “We have been speaking
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In spite of disputes about race and transformation, Stellenbosch University is cranking out research at such a rate that it climbed 88 places on a worldwide university ranking released on Tuesday. It came in at 302 on the Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) World University Rankings 2015/2016
A subsidiary of French telecommunications company Orange plans to launch its own video-on-demand (VOD) offering in South Africa next year. Orange Horizons currently operates a retail business in South Africa where it sells smartphones and devices via its local
Unofficial imports are hurting sales of a new Indian phone brand in the country, says a local representative. Unofficial, grey or parallel imports are typically cheaper than officially licensed products because they are void of aspects such as warranties or free screen repair programmes
Eskom has kept the country’s lights on for five weeks, following a gruelling period of load shedding during winter. However, the power utility cautioned on Sunday that the power system will be tight in the coming days owing to maintenance work. It will undertake planned maintenance
President Jacob Zuma has announced that cabinet has approved a bill that will help curb copper theft and any vandalism of infrastructure because disrupting infrastructure will be regarded as a more serious crime. The president said these crimes hamper
The history of mankind has changed with the discovery of a new human ancestor, Homo naledi, in the Cradle of Humankind, it was announced on Thursday. “Today I am pleased to introduce you to a new
The delay in the switch-over to digital terrestrial television is symptomatic of the government’s ineffective implementation of policy, says an analyst. Department of communications programme manager Solly Mokoetle
A South African website and app has attracted more than 15 000 users since its launch in May last year, bringing neighbourhoods closer together in the process. OurHood, founded by Bruce Good and
South Africa’s business confidence declined further in the third quarter of 2015, raising fears of a looming recession. After falling by six points in the second quarter, the RMB/BER Business Confidence Index (BCI) fell by a further five to 38 points in the third quarter of 2015, the