Technology Archives

Prof Bruce Mellado, chair of the local organising committee interacts with media ahead of the TIPP conference. The event brings together specialists from around the world to share best practice on Technology in Instrumentation and Particle Physics.

Over 250 leading scientists from across the globe have convened for the Technology and Instrumentation in Particle Physics conference, a ...

‘Economic inequality must be sorted for technology to be accessible to all’

by Lebo Tshangela

29 August 2023, 11:29 AM

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Head of Industry Association Communication and Technology, Phila Sithole says economic divide filters down to technological division as many still ...

Learners from Worcester to compete at robotics competition in US

by Thabiso Malesele

6 June 2023, 6:22 PM

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A school in the township of Zwelethemba near Worcester in Boland will send 16 learners to an international robotics competition ...

Chemical companies could realize additional cost savings of $91,261 per employee if they leveraged the combined effects of technologies such as AR/VR, autonomous vehicles, big data analytics and digital twin technologies.

Partnership with Digicall will help meet SA businesses’ tech needs: CSIR

by Lebo Tshangela

22 February 2023, 12:58 PM

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The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) says the new partnership with a multinational business process management company with ...

FILE PHOTO: Burundian African Union peacekeepers in Somalia travel in armoured vehicle as they leave the Jaale Siad Military academy after being replaced by the Somali military in Mogadishu, Somalia. February 28, 2019.

Minister Modise says tech innovation is central to improving peacekeeping efforts

by Awande Zwane

21 June 2022, 7:23 PM

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South Africa remains one of the key peacekeeping actors in Africa's conflict hotspots, and Minister of Defence and Military Veterans, ...

Tshwane to host key United Nations Peacekeeping and Technology symposium next week

by Awande Zwane

18 June 2022, 9:12 AM

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South Africa will be hosting the 6th United Nations Partnership for Technology in Peacekeeping Symposium in Tshwane from 21-24 June ...

Township tech-entrepreneurs impress at hackathon

by Awande Zwane

15 May 2022, 2:36 PM

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Four teams of young tech-entrepreneurs have been crowned the winners of a month-long TownshipTech Hackathon held in Cape Town. The ...

So far South Africa has ordered enough COVID-19 vaccines for 46 million of its 60 million population.

Vaccines should be ‘a global public good’: Ramaphosa

by Sesona Mahlahla

10 May 2021, 12:06 PM

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President Cyril Ramaphosa has called on civil society organisations to mobilise international support for wider access to technologies needed to ...

Kearney Africa's Theo Sibiya says businesses should consider alternative solutions that can be adapted to the current changing environment.

Tech infrastructure improvement in SA could attract investment: Expert

by Sesona Mahlahla

18 April 2021, 1:15 PM

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Managing Director at global consulting firm Kearney Africa, Theo Sibiya, says the improvement of technology infrastructure in the South African ...

The new products will test whether Apple can ride a wave of consumer excitement around 5G wireless data networks, whose speediest variants outstrip their predecessors’ data rates multiple times over.

Apple enters 5G race with new iPhone 12 range

by Sesona Mahlahla

14 October 2020, 10:47 AM

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Apple Inc on Tuesday launched its next-generation iPhone 12, with faster 5G connectivity that the California company hopes will spur ...

Since its inception, the CSIR led to the establishment of science councils, such as the South African Bureau of Standards, National Research Foundation, National Metrology Institute of South Africa, and the Human Sciences Research Council

CSIR celebrates 75 years of existence

by Lerato Matlala

5 October 2020, 9:10 PM

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The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) says it is committed to continue improving the lives of South Africans ...

Smartphone with Chinese applications is seen in front of a displayed Indian flag in this illustration picture taken July 2, 2020.

India bans Tencent’s PUBG app, takes aim at China tech

by SABC Digital News

2 September 2020, 4:23 PM

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India on Wednesday banned another 118 mobile apps including Tencent Holdings’s popular videogame PUBG, as it stepped up the pressure ...

Higher Education, Science and Technology Minister, Blade Nzimande, said the end of the 2020 academic year is likely to spill over into the 2021 calendar.

2020 academic year likely to spill over into 2021: Nzimande

by Bongisipho Magcaba

9 July 2020, 9:33 AM

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Higher Education, Science and Technology Minister Blade Nzimande on Wednesday announced that the intake of first-year university students for 2021 ...