Kleva Bucks, a tech startup founded by Lucky Kgwadi, a 31-year-old tech entrepreneur and Innovator, has launched a virtual community parliament for South Africans. The platform is called Community Assembly, the virtual community parliament that consists of local ward councilors,…
South African Health Minister, Dr Joe Phaahla, has said that a team of senior government officials are ready to make recommendations to the National Coronavirus Command Council (NCCC) on COVID-19 vaccine mandates. Addressing a virtual media briefing on government efforts…
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa yesterday announced several high profile changes to his cabinet of ministers, including a new finance minister, new health minister and new minister and deputy minister of communications and digital technology. Ramaphosa announced that the current…
Karpowership has been refused environmental approvals for three gas-to-power projects in South Africa. Approvals were blocked by the country’s Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment for reasons including that it did not comply with public participation rules. The Turkish…
The South African government has lost the majority stake of its ailing airline, South African Airways (SAA) through a deal with its new strategic partner Takatso Consortium. Public Enterprise Minister Pravin Gordhan has announced the news that the government has…
South Africa’s healthcare organisations are currently on a journey to providing comprehensive and accessible healthcare services to all its citizens, in both the private and public healthcare ecosystems. However, the finalisation of legislation and standards that govern this sector has…
Small businesses in South Africa were at a low point on 10 April. Under the weight of the COVID-19 burden, many companies were almost at breaking point. Turnover has been down by 92% relative to the period before the lockdown…
Thirty-eight per cent (38%) of South African consumers say they are happy for the government to monitor their social media activity to keep its citizens safe – this is according to Kaspersky’s latest report, Social credits and security: Embracing the…
As this week comes to a close we take a look at the stories that resonated most with our readers. Africa is on the verge of a technological revolution as the COVID-19 pandemic is either forcing or influencing companies and…
A group of researchers from the University of Cape Town (UCT) are developing a smartphone app that will help the South African government track people who may be unaware that they have contracted COVID-19, writes SABC News. The app will…