While the world's richest man, Elon Musk, took another swipe at SA's policies to redress racial inequalities, saying last week that the colour of his skin is to blame for Starlink not being granted an operating licence, Microsoft ... Read More
The IEC is investigating the prospect of using electronic voting for elections, TimesLIVE says. It is hosting a three-day e-voting conference in Cape Town to launch the debate. ‘This conference will serve as a pivotal platform for initiating a public ... Read More
Minister Solly Malatsi remains concerned by the governance and regression of audit outcomes that’s plagued some of the entities within the communications portfolio. An IT Web report notes that this, as the Department of Communications & Digital Technologies (DCDT) this ... Read More
The Department of Trade, Industry & Competition (dtic) has launched the Business Visa Recommendation System (VRS), an online platform for business visa recommendation applications for all foreign business owners applying for first, extension and/or permanent residence recommendations. An Engineering ... Read More
The Competition Commission’s recent provisional report of its Media and Digital Platforms Market Inquiry included findings about Google’s effective monopolistic position in online search and its effect on SA published news. Attorney André Myburgh – the lead author of a monograph ... Read More
On 23 January, the City of Tshwane launched an open data portal (ODP), becoming the third metropolitan in SA to do so, joining the Cities of Cape Town and eThekwini. Writing in the Mail & Guardian, Stuart Morrison, a data ... Read More
* The GSM Association (GSMA) has partnered with the N50 Project, to tackle digital poverty and bridge the digital divide. The partnership was announced at this year’s MWC Barcelona, formerly Mobile World Congress Barcelona, currently under way in Spain. Led by ... Read More
* Google Cloud and the National Electronic Media Institute of SA (Nemisa) have teamed up to introduce new learning opportunities for South Africans to gain cyber security skills. Under the partnership, Google Cloud is providing an opportunity for up to 12 ... Read More
* Yangtze Optics Africa Cable this week announced the expansion of its 14 000m² fibre optics manufacturing plant at Dube TradePort special economic zone in Durban after making a R160m investment in the facility. The company’s total investment now stands at ... Read More
