Pupils are not taught to think, to solve problems or to read independently because most of their teachers do not know how to teach these skills, it was reported on Monday.
The first national evaluation of how pupils in grades one, two and three are taught showed
Communications minister Dina Pule has allegedly backtracked on her bribery claims against the Sunday Times’ investigations team. However, she stopped short of apologising to the paper for claims that its journalists were acting on the instructions of unnamed “handlers” when they ran a series of articles about her
China’s digital pay-television company StarTimes walked away the winner on Tuesday in the TopTV takeover saga, although at least one of the losing consortiums is considering challenging the legality of the deal. Government will be the biggest loser with losses over R1bn. The meeting
More than 100 years after Briton J Stuart Blackton made the first animated movie by drawing sketches on white paper, IBM Research has produced the smallest movie in the world, by creating pictures with atoms. Computers have become faster and are able to store more
Companies should develop policies to deal with the use of social media in the workplace, a law firm said on Thursday. “In order to strike the appropriate balance between the conflicting rights of an employer and its employees, human resource practitioners should collaborate with
South African vehicle manufacturers will receive incentives for producing more electric cars, it was announced on Thursday. “South Africa must not be left behind in greening initiatives and technology,” trade & industry minister Rob Davies told reporters in Johannesburg. He was
The Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (Icasa) is owed more than R500m by companies and government departments related to their use of spectrum and other electronic communication issues, the Democratic Alliance said on Tuesday. According
Brett Haggard, Steven Ambrose, Andy Hadfield and a bottle of DMZ Chardonnay get together this week to discuss, at length Microsoft’s TechEd conference in Durban, the Galaxy S4, the Kobo store, the content ecosystem, 7-inch Android tablets, and much more
Simon Dingle hosts this episode of the ZA Tech Show, with the panel discussing Bitcoin, South African banking apps, Google Glass updates, Facebook Home, Sentech’s return of radio frequency spectrum and much more besides
Soccer boss Jomo Sono is at the centre of an alleged blackmail campaign against communications minister Dina Pule, City Press reported on Sunday. The newspaper alleged Sono’s company, Jomo Sono Investments, was one of 36 companies in the running for a R2,5bn tender to be awarded by Pule’s department
