Browsing: South Africa

South Africa’s 28-year-old, continuously transforming multiparty democracy was reminded of its own fragility when, in September, a coalition running its…

In the 2002 movie Minority Report (based on a short story by Philip K Dick), director Steven Spielberg imagined a…

IQbusiness, the largest South African management, and technology consulting firm, on Thursday, announced that it was embarking on a pilot…

South Africa’s major cities in the Gauteng Province – the country’s economic heartland – are experiencing major water shortages. In…

Financial inclusion is severely skewed in South Africa, with higher income groups having more access to a range of financial…

It has been seven years since students in South Africa began protesting in a bid to “Africanise” the country’s university…

By Zimbali Mncube The first two articles in this series focused on defining a Universal Basic Income Grant (UBIG) and explaining its impacts…

Google today announced its intent to establish a new Google Cloud region in South Africa – its  first on the…

Hydrogen is used mainly to make chemicals such as fertiliser, and in oil refineries. Most hydrogen in the world today…

By Joseph Chirume Zimbabweans who have returned to their old country after working and studying for years in South Africa are…

The governor of the South African Reserve Bank recently announced an increase in the lending rate by 75 basis points.…

Brazilian FinTech company Ebanx is expanding its operations and payments solutions outside Latin America. The company said in a statement…

US president Joe Biden’s invitation to South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa to meet at the White House, and the latter’s…

President Cyril Ramaphosa will be travelling to Washington this week following an invitation by United States President Joe Biden. President…

Ride-hailing platform Bolt has introduced driver scores and driver trip-sharing features in South Africa, which will improve the quality and…

In an increasingly online world, digital literacy is key to communicating, connecting, finding employment and accessing services. In South Africa,…

By Vuyisiwe Mahafu The possibility that a Universal Basic Income Guarantee (UBIG) could be introduced in South Africa has sparked a lot…

Rider-hailing company Uber has launched a new feature on its platform enabling you to record audio while on a trip…

By Carilee Osborne South Africa is one of the most unequal countries in the world, with extremely high rates of poverty…

President Cyril Ramaphosa has appointed a nine-member National Anti-Corruption Advisory Council (NACAC), which will advise the President on effectively implementing…

Globally, men are twice as likely as women to start a business. Most research into how to start a business…

A mere 24 hours after Volvo Car South Africa’s second all-electric variant – the XC40 P6 Recharge – went on…

Swedish Ambassador to SA Håkan Juholt will this weekend officially open the tech-non-profit organisation Empire Partner Foundation’s first-ever global coding…

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

South Africa could avoid possible greylisting if it implemented recommendations in the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) mutual evaluation report.…