Author: Gugu Lourie
The main reason for the fuel price adjustments was due to the contribution of the Rand/US Dollar exchange rate.
The African edition of TADHack will be staged with the theme ‘Decoding Africa: Africa solving African Problems’.
Funding for the app and smart devices for the fishers was made possible by Vodacom Sustainability and the app was developed by academics at UCT and a unit in the Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries in conjunction with the fishers.
This is in line with MTN’s strategy of streamlining its operations and improving its ability to offer its customers a better service.
Something hugely important is happening in a vast, quiet stretch of South Africa’s Northern Cape province. A new radio telescope operating at just a quarter of its full power is revealing the universe’s secrets one image at a time. By Prina Patel MeerKAT will ultimately become part of the Square Kilometre Array (SKA) telescope. Once it’s completed some time in the decade following 2020, the SKA will be the world’s largest radio telescope. The project is shared between South Africa and Australia. It’s not just its size that sets it apart from other radio telescopes but also sensitivity and speed. At…
Mustek, one of the country’s largest assemblers and distributors of personal computers and complementary ICT products, has been selected as an official distributor of LG’s range of visual display products. By Staff Writer Mustek will supply desktop monitors, televisions, public display panels and LED projectors to the dealer channel throughout Africa. The deal forms part of Mustek’s efforts to grow its visual display product offerings and to offer more globally recognised brands to the channel. “LG brings unique features to our visual display products offering,” says Lizette McIntosh, LG Product Manager at Mustek. “All LG screens feature the highest quality…
Globe-trotting MTN customers can now stay connected more affordably with loved ones than before following the launch of discounted roaming rates that will be known as MTN Hello World. By Staff Writer MTN Hello World is a proposition which replaces the hugely popular Roam Like Home offer. MTN Hello World encompasses an improved list of partners and it is applicable even in countries where MTN does not have operations. With MTN Hello World, MTN subscribers can connect to the rich world of data for as low as R1.00 per MB and can make and receive calls from R1.25 per minute.…
South Africa’s mobile phone operator Cell C is set to give away over R600 million worth of lifestyle, cash and airtime prizes in its new and innovative Spin & Win promotion, which launches on 1 October. By Staff Writer Over the course of the four-month campaign, Cell C will be giving away cash prizes ranging from R1 000 to R200 000 as well as lifestyle prizes including, Cell C branded devices, four Polo Vivos, holiday packages and dinner experiences to MegaBonus customers every time they recharge. “Customers have come to expect great value from Cell C and this summer will…
Claims that the “the science isn’t settled” with regard to climate change are symptomatic of a large body of ignorance about how science works. By Peter Ellerton So what is the scientific method, and why do so many people, sometimes including those trained in science, get it so wrong? The first thing to understand is that there is no one method in science, no one way of doing things. This is intimately connected with how we reason in general. Science and reasoning Humans have two primary modes of reasoning: deduction and induction. When we reason deductively, we tease out the implications…
Black investors in YeboYethu, the broad-based black economic empowerment arm of Vodacom SA, will share more than R18 million in dividends. By Staff Writer YeboYethu recorded a net profit of R139.6 million for the year ended March 2016 versus R35.6 million in the previous year. After the deduction of administrative costs, the YeboYethu board declared and approved an annual ordinary dividend of 74 cents per share as well as a special dividend of 37 cents per share, paid on 31 May 2016. YeboYethu received a dividend of R18.7 million in 2016 versus R14.8 million in the previous year. YeboYethu trades on the…