The days of using paper tickets at parking bays could be numbered if a local start-up has its way. Mobile application KaChing officially went live on Tuesday and promises a cashless, ticketless parking system that allows drivers “seamless entry and exit to

Western Cape Premier Helen Zille has lamented the impact that criminals are having on the province’s ability to roll-out broadband in underserviced parts of the province. In the latest edition of her regular newsletter, Zille said criminals are

More than 70% of South African employees would use a wearable device in the workplace, allowing their employers to collect data on them. That surprising finding is contained in new research by PwC, which shows that fully 87% of employees would consider wearing a device such

Some companies are more robust in the face of a consumer downturn than others, and companies that provide vital services are always going to fare better than those that rely on discretionary spend. Software and service provider Adapt IT is proving that

The United Nations’ working group on arbitrary detention has decided that Julian Assange is being “arbitrarily held” by a concert of powers — so how might this curious situation play out? The working group finds that Assange is not only entitled

It is five years since the potential of social media was considered limitless. Not only was social media revolutionary, but it was literally capable of bringing about revolutions such as the uprisings of the “Arab Spring”. There was no part of our social lives that

Nigerian telecommunications operator Etisalat is taking rival MTN to court over the latter’s plan to use acquisition target Visafone’s spectrum in the 800MHz band, it has been reported. Nigeria’s Daily Post reported at the weekend that Etisalat has instituted legal action

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Government’s failure to get to grips with South Africa Connect, the nation’s ambitious broadband roll-out plan that promises to deliver high-speed broadband Internet connectivity everyone in South Africa by 2030, will be apparent to all during the state of the nation address

The land speed record attempt by the Bloodhound Supersonic car at Hakskeenpan in the Northern Cape will now only take place in 2017, due to financial problems. “The revised dates reflect the fact that, although interest in and support for the project have