Equipping every public school would cost R14.5-billion. Despite public backing, government has not considered funding it.
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The clue to what comes next is a small aluminium box Apple announced this week with no keynote at all.
US states sought $1.4-trillion before trial. Meta Platforms settled for $18-billion and its shares went up.
A 148MW solar plant in Limpopo now supplies a Rio Tinto-owned smelter 600km away in KwaZulu-Natal.
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Derek Watts, well-known for his role as anchor and presenter for 30 years on Carte Blanche, has died.
Treasury given Eskom the first tranche of a package that will wipe off more than half the utility’s liabilities.
There’s a scramble among the world’s biggest technology companies to snap up shares in ARM Holdings.
Flutterwave, Africa’s largest start-up, is pressing ahead with plans for an initial public offering.
The African fintech start-up ecosystem saw $2.7-billion in investment in the past 24 months, researchers have found.
RoomKing, founded by Modicai Mnculwane, aims to provide affordable solutions to South Africa’s informal rental market.
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Nasa scientists have presented striking early images from the picture-perfect landing of the Mars rover Perseverance, including a selfie of the six-wheeled vehicle dangling just above the surface of the Red Planet moments before touchdown.
Bitcoin is closing in on a market value of $1-trillion, a surge that’s helping cryptocurrency returns far outstrip the performance of more traditional assets like stocks and gold.
Nasa’s Mars rover Perseverance streaked through the Martian atmosphere on Thursday and landed safely inside a vast crater, the first stop on a search for traces of ancient microbial life on the Red Planet.
Facebook internal e-mails made public in court reveal an employee’s concerns the company misrepresented advertisers’ estimated audience, calling the practice “deeply wrong”.
South Africa, the leading carbon emitter in Africa, has geothermal resources that can be used to generate electricity and reduce its carbon emissions. But a recent study suggests that the potential cost is prohibitive, unless strong incentives are provided. South Africa is heavily dependent
Smart wearable technologies, such as the Apple Watch, are this year’s “must have” item — their makers are banking on it. Apparently, there is a model for everyone. As always, professional high-tech-trend watchers (a pun now worn on their wrists) are not just selling the commodity
