Browsing: COVID-19

When the COVID-19 pandemic hit South Africa and most economic sectors were shut down, South Africans turned to e-commerce to…

News that the Astra Zeneca vaccine is not effective against the “South African” variant, came as a terrible blow. The…

Wits University’s Tshimologong Digital Innovation Precinct is calling for inquisitive graduates who enjoy exploring apps, understand basic software development and…

South Africa finds itself at a difficult moment. Unemployment has hit a record high of more than 30% according to…

Government will use an electronic system to keep track of everyone who gets the COVID-19 vaccine as South Africa gears…

Eskom’s loadshedding, alongside an enduring pandemic, have proven a devastating combination, repeatedly destroying historical data, and demanding an (artificial intelligence) solution…

For the past two years, we published AlphaCode, South Africa’s leading FinTech thinkers, predictions about the financial technology (FinTech) landscape.…

DFA today announced that it has been awarded Top Employer status in South Africa for 2021 by the Top Employers…

The economist John Maynard Keynes predicted in 1930 that the amount we work would gradually shrink to as little as…

The issue of vaccine production has become a topic of hot debate following the approval of treatments for COVID-19. In…

The South African EduTech startup Play Sense has become one of the first registered play-focused preschool franchises in the country.…

Concor (formerly Murray & Roberts) has successfully completed a fast-track COVID-19 facility at Jubilee Hospital using innovative building technology. The…

With the COVID-19 pandemic having battered the South African fiscus in 2020, President Cyril Ramaphosa has cautioned that the country…

The first wave of cloud saw organizations sprint to the cloud, lured by promises of cost savings and business agility.…

The number of South African school students succeeding in maths at a school level is in steady decline. The COVID-19…

A global pandemic and the ensuing lockdown implemented in South Africa disrupted businesses across most sectors, putting small and medium-sized…

MTN announced on Monday that it will reward customers who download the COVID-19 Alert SA app with 1GB of free…

Concerns about the Fifth-Generation (5G) technologies and infrastructure health risks are widespread, but they have no basis in fact, the…

South Africa’s communications watchdog ICASA will hold virtual public hearings next week on the Inquiry into Subscription Television Broadcasting Services.…

by Steve Schifferes The coronavirus has crippled the world economy. Global GDP suffered its sharpest drop since the end of…

After the initial good news that Aspen had inked a deal with Johnson & Johnson to produce a COVID-19 vaccine…

The South African Medical Association (SAMA) has attacked the government for its failure to prepare for the COVID-19 second wave. The…

Only a massive global rollout of an effective vaccine can end the COVID-19 pandemic in the short tVaccine Rollouterm. The…

The National Coronavirus Command Council could impose tougher restrictions nationwide as the coronavirus infections rise exponentially leaving private and public…

Black Friday has a reputation for being all about huge sales, massive crowds, and utter madness at the tills. However,…