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Google provides emergency grants to 25 South African publications

After announcing the global Google News Initiative Journalism Emergency Relief Fund (JERF) earlier this year, Google South Africa has detailed the 25 local publications…

Streaming scams: The most popular sites and shows for hackers

With the popularity of streaming services and increased demand during the coronavirus pandemic, hackers often use the names of popular sites and shows to…

Telkom migrating copper internet customers to fibre: What to expect

Telkom has announced that it will be transitioning its customers using copper-based internet infrastructure to fibre-based internet. The transition will apply to all regions…

Rain 5G comes to Cape Town: pricing and details

5G network provider Rain has announced that it is launching its service in Cape Town after previously only being available in Gauteng. According to…

Microsoft details digital skills initiative in South Africa

Microsoft South Africa has announced the details of its local skills development programme. The initiative aims to combat unemployment caused by the COVID-19 pandemic….

Vodacom launches Google Play Store data bundles

Vodacom has announced that it is launching Google Play Store data bundles for customers. These bundles will offer data at a cheaper rate than…

Cape Town’s dams up to 70% but Theewaterskloof lags behind

Cape Town’s dams are now 70% full, this according to the City’s latest dam levels report. That an increase of just 0.9% over the…

Someone’s sticking needles in Australia’s strawberries, and no one knows why

Australia’s dealing with a rather odd crisis at present. Sewing needles have been found lodged in strawberries and bananas across the country, in what…

Watch: Typhoon Mangkhut wreaks havoc in Hong Kong

Last week, at least seven cyclonic storms were active in the Pacific and Atlantic oceans. While all the news focused on Hurricane Florence which…

Canadian college offers new qualification in growing cannabis

You can soon leave college in Canada with a qualification in growing cannabis. Yes Elon, weed. Ontario’s Niagara College, CBC reports, recently debuted its…

Google’s Science Fair competition is now open for entry

Google Science Fair is open for submissions until 12 December 2018 for those between 13 and 18 years of age. The competition, which first…

These people are getting very wet reporting on Hurricane Florence

Hurricane Florence is just a few kilometres east of North Carolina at the time of writing, but hurricane-force winds have been lashing the US…

Nelson Mandela Bay’s Churchill Dam is 100% full (and overflowing)

On 3 September, the Eastern Cape’s Churchill Dam held less than 25% of its storage capacity. As of today, the dam’s more than 100%…

Donald Trump’s fist pump before 9/11 memorial has gone viral

A picture of US President Donald Trump fist-pumping supporters on his way to a 9/11 memorial in Pennsylvania has gone viral. Although a full…

Hurricane Florence from space is beautifully frightening

The next few days are going to be rough for those on the east coast of the United States. Hurricane Florence, a major cyclonic…

Nelson Mandela Bay’s dams jump 22% in a single week

What a difference a week makes. After Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality — the metropolitan area surrounding Port Elizabeth — last week reported dam levels…

Cape Town water restrictions to drop to Level 5 in October

Cape Town residents, who have been forced to use just 50 litres of water per day for much of 2018, can finally enjoy a…

Cape Town’s Theewaterskloof Dam is now 50% full

Cape Town’s largest dam, the Theewaterskloof, is now more than 50% full. That’s a big milestone reached by the City of Cape Town’s largest…

Updating: Johannesburg CBD fire is now contained, 3 firefighters dead

Update, 9am Friday: The fire which burned through a building in Johannesburg’s central district has been extinguished. Update, 9pm Thursday: “Significant progress” has been…

#JoburgFire: Twitter accounts to follow for breaking news

A fire currently tearing through a Johannesburg CBD building is one of the biggest news stories on Twitter today. While South Africans have the…

#Recession: South Africa’s politicians blast the ANC after GDP shrinks

There’s some bad news today, South Africa. The nation has fallen into a technical recession after its latest gross domestic product (GDP) figures were…

Lenovo at MWC 2025: AI-Powered Laptops, Sustainable Concepts, and a Glimpse into the Future

Smart Tech: Turning the Tide on South Africa’s Water Crisis

Celebrating Innovation: Redmi Note 14 Post-Launch Event in South Africa

Verto Launches Global Business Award to Fuel African Startup Expansion

GITEX Africa: Shaping the Future of Tech and Positioning Africa as a Global Powerhous

Gozem Secures $30M Series B to Fuel Super App Expansion Across Francophone Africa

Microsoft launches new Surface devices in new AI era

Honor Magic V3 launches, four things to know

Honor Magic V3, a Guinness world record attempt

Lucid CEO becomes strategic advisor

Golf 8.5 update with lots of Life

Tariffs trump US new car affordability needs