The CSIR has been appointed to conduct a high-stakes audit to determine how much radio frequency spectrum should be reserved for government’s planned wholesale open-access network. Government
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Corrie de Jager, a Pretoria-based lawyer, joins Duncan McLeod in this episode of the TechCentral podcast to talk about a ground-breaking invention that, he believes, will literally change the world. De Jager, with a team
The International Monetary Fund just pointed out that “South Africa’s vulnerabilities have become more pronounced”. That’s one way of putting it. A potentially prosperous and dynamic economy is on the fast track to
The cryptocurrency Cassandras are starting to look right. The sector has lost about a third of its market value since peaking in early June, pushing it into what traditional equity market analysts label as a bear market. Bitcoin, the
Microsoft is setting up a new research lab focused on artificial intelligence with the goal of creating more general-purpose learning systems. The new lab, called Microsoft Research AI, will be based at the company’s
Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa used his strongest words yet to slam deepening corruption and the undue influence of private business interests over government institutions, known as “state
SAP, the giant German maker of enterprise software, has found itself ensnared in a scandal involving the Guptas that risks spiralling out of its control. If it believes it is innocent of the serious allegations levelled against it
German software giant SAP’s South African office has become embroiled in a corruption scandal involving a Gupta front company. According to a report published by the Daily Maverick on Tuesday, SAP agreed
South Africa’s largest and notoriously competitive financial services firms have come together to set up a national blockchain. The South African Financial Blockchain Consortium, comprising 22 industry heavyweights, the South