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Microsoft expands free digital skills training with public sector partnership

Microsoft has expanded its local digital skills training, extending the initiative through a partnership with the Public Service Sector Education and Training Authority (PSETA)….

South Africa gets its own NFT marketplace with Momint

South Africa has joined in on the non-fungible token (NFT) craze, with the launch of a local NFT platform called Momint. The platform aims…

Half of SA workforce fears job automation, but vast majority willing to retrain – survey

More than half of South Africa’s workforce feel threatened by the prospect of job automation, with the overwhelming majority willing to retrain. That’s the…

Uber partnership with Moove to benefit drivers

Uber is working with car rental company Moove to offer drivers rent-to-own payment plans for their vehicles. The e-hailing company announced the partnership on…

My Octopus Teacher wins Oscar for Best Documentary

The South African documentary My Octopus Teacher took home Oscar gold at the 2021 Academy Awards. The annual ceremony took place on 25 April…

SA will resume J&J COVID-19 vaccine rollout on 28 April

After a pause in the rollout of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine, Health Minister Dr Zweli Mkhize has confirmed that South Africa will…

Students launch weather balloons for Earth Day experiment

Western Cape school students got together on Earth Day to launch two weather balloons as part of a scientific experiment. The event took place…

SAWS issues cold front watch for Cape Town, heatwave advisory for Gauteng

Update, Thu 24 Oct: SAWS has updated its advisories and watches for Cape Town and South Africa’s northern provinces. Original article: It’s late October,…

Mmusi Maimane resigns: SA politicians have their say on Twitter

Update: Mmusi Maimane has since resigned from the DA entirely. Read the full story here. Mmusi Maimane on Wednesday announced his resignation as leader…

Mmusi Maimane resigns as the leader of the Democratic Alliance

Update: Mmusi Maimane has since resigned from the DA entirely. Read the full story here. Mmusi Maimane has resigned as the leader of South…

Eskom is still using emergency reserves to avoid risk of load shedding

Don’t look now, South Africa, but we’re now entering the second day in a row without load shedding from Eskom. On Tuesday, everyone’s favourite…

City cautions Cape Town after it exceeds water consumption target

The great Cape Town drought of the decade may largely be a thing of the past, but it’s not something that should be forgotten…

South African Twitter believes load shedding is #ClearlyBetterThanZille

It’s been a bad week for Eskom, but even South Africa’s ailing power utility had to take a back seat to the DA’s recent…

South Africa rejoice: no load shedding scheduled for Sunday, says Eskom

Good news, rugby fans. Eskom will not be load shedding in South Africa on Sunday, the power utility announced late on Saturday. The country…

Stage 2 load shedding continues on Friday after new Medupi struggles

Stage 2 load shedding will continue through much of Friday in South Africa, Eskom announced in an update on Friday after three boilers failed…

Why is the City of Cape Town load shedding in Stage 1?

An abrupt bout of load shedding has hit South Africa hard this week, with Stage 2 cutting power in some areas for up to…

Eskom confirms: Stage 2 load shedding returns on Thursday, Stage 1 for Cape Town

Brace yourselves for another day of load shedding, South Africa, as Eskom intermittently cuts your power for a second day running. The utility tweeted…

SAWS: thunderstorm watch for Johannesburg, Pretoria and surrounds today

We’re used to writing about weather brewing over Cape Town, but now that the cold front season has largely abated, the summer rainfall regions…

Cape Town can munch on a CBD oil doughssant this weekend

The doughssant has long been Cape Town’s exclusive equivalent of the cronut, offered every weekend by local eatery Jason Bakery. Usually these confectioneries include…

Cape Town dams remain above 80%, but water usage spikes

It’s been a while since we’ve written about Cape Town’s dams, but there’s been nothing short of good news for the city and its…

Humans are nearly as swift when typing on smartphones compared to keyboards, study finds

Typing on a smartphone is almost as efficient as typing on a keyboard, a new study on Tuesday revealed. According to the study, which…

Hoax alert: SAWS rubbishes rumours of Ekurhuleni tornado tonight

The South African Weather Service (SAWS) is not happy with social media users spreading hoaxes of severe weather in Gauteng tonight. In a fierce…

Update: Looks like Helen Zille and Julius Malema won’t be meeting for tea

Earlier this week, former Western Cape Premier Helen Zille invited EFF leader Julius Malema to be a part of her podcast, Tea With Helen….

Maziv’s Fibre Push Brings Rural South Africa Closer to True High-Speed Internet

Innovate47 Launches Global Food & Agri Accelerator to Back Climate-Smart Startups

Simbi Wabote’s 10-Year Roadmap: How Nigeria Achieved 54% Local Content Growth

Records Tumble In Best Year Yet For South Africa’s Hedge Fund Industry

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