Derek Hanekom has taken over the department of science & technology after eight years as its deputy. Where does your interest in science come from?
I found my school years easy, but I wasn’t a model pupil, for sure, and never did my homework. I gravitated towards the humanities and started with law
Accounting software company Softline Pastel has launched a mobile application for its cloud-based accounting service for small businesses, Pastel My Business Online. Also, its personal financial management (PFM) service can now pull in banking data automatically and it has launched
The quality of South Africa’s maths and science education has been ranked last in a survey of 62 countries by the World Economic Forum. The report ranked South Africa 54th when it came to gross tertiary enrolment – behind India, but ahead of Morocco, Ghana, Bangladesh, Nigeria
The use of a device to jam cellular phone signals, privately or publicly, is illegal in South Africa, the Independent Communications Authority of SA (Icasa) said on Wednesday. “No organisation is allowed to jam cellular signal, and any device which is used to jam signal is illegal,” Icasa spokesman Paseka Maleka
Cell C is launching two new promotional data packages that offer customers Internet access at less than R9/GB of data, the mobile operator said on Wednesday. It is launching a prepaid product called Giga 200, which offers 50GB of data for use between 6am and midnight and 150GB
More South African households own televisions than they do refrigerators, according to 2011 census, released on Tuesday. Of the 14,5m homes around the country, almost 10,7m have a TV, while 9,9m have a fridge. According to the document, more than 12,8m households have
The SA version of Apple’s App Store has begun charging customers in rands rather than US dollars. The change, which took effect on Friday, has also brought local-currency versions of the store to India, Indonesia, Israel, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Turkey and
E-tolling of Gauteng’s freeways could be a reality before Christmas in terms of time frames announced on Friday. Transport minister Ben Martins said Friday marked the beginning of the 30-day public consultation process, after cabinet agreed on revised
Government spending over the next two years will stick to the medium-term forecasts announced in February, finance minister Pravin Gordhan said on Thursday. In his 2012 medium-term budget policy statement, tabled in parliament, he said the third year (2015/16) would see
Outgoing Telkom chairman Lazarus Zim on Wednesday indirectly hit out at government over its decision to block the sale of 20% of the fixed-line telecommunications operator’s equity to Korea’s KT Corp, calling the move “tragic” and a “big loss”. Speaking at Telkom’s annual general meeting in front of
