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South Africa’s international relations department published a document on 1 August setting out the country’s new foreign policy. The outline…

Technological changes in industry have given rise to contending schools of thought about their impact on work and workers. Automation…

Farmers are adopting precision agriculture, using data collected by GPS, satellite imagery, internet-connected sensors and other technologies to farm more…

Water is at the heart of health and well-being for people and nature. Access to it is a human rights…

Over the past 25 years there has been lots of research and debate about the concept, the history and state…

Digital labour platforms are rapidly transforming the world of work. Many governments in the global south have welcomed platforms that…

Andrew Kerr, University of Cape Town Millions of South Africans rely on minibus taxis to get around. Without these vehicles,…

Now that Rajesh and Atul Gupta have been arrested in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), there is a great deal…

Apple has joined the thriving “buy now, pay later” industry, with a customised service called Apple Pay Later. The service…

Economists are growing increasingly concerned about South Africa’s economy. This is because the country’s three major macroeconomic problems – lacklustre…

President Cyril Ramaphosa says Black Economic Empowerment remains a pivotal part of government’s economic reconstruction and recovery plan as the…

It may seem strange to look to the discipline of quantum physics for lessons that will help to create future-fit…

Sub-Saharan African countries are the most ethnically diverse in the world. Within each African country there are more ethnic groups…

The World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a pandemic in March 2020. But it’s only in recent days, in May 2022,…

Satellites help run the internet and television and are central to the Global Positioning System. They enable modern weather forecasting,…

In his latest book sociologist Professor Roger Southall, a prolific researcher who has written extensively about political dynamics in Southern…

The first three coronavirus vaccines earned Emergency Use Authorization more than a year ago. To date, no other vaccines have…

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is much more than just a buzzword nowadays. It powers facial recognition in smartphones and computers, translation…

Agenda 2063 is the African Union’s long-term framework for socio-economic development, regional integration and the preservation of history and culture.…

Thousands of years ago, the blacksmith led a technological leap in sub-Saharan Africa. West Africa’s Nok culture, for example, switched…

The growth of the internet and smartphones has led to the widespread global use of dating apps, such as Tinder,…

On Sept. 1 and 2, 1859, telegraph systems around the world failed catastrophically. The operators of the telegraphs reported receiving…

As South Africa continues along the path of reconstruction and recovery, President Cyril Ramaphosa has called on investors, entrepreneurs and…

The importance of whistleblowers was highlighted again recently in South Africa. In one of the reports released by Judge Raymond…

Economists and policy-makers seem to have a blind spot when thinking about how the economy functions and what determines success.…