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Internet solution for low-income communities
A Gauteng-based start-up is busy developing an alternative antenna-based high-speed fixed internet solution for low-income communities. Internet solution for low-income communities The Technology Innovation Agency (TIA), an entity of Science and Innovation Department,...
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Funding awarded to Social Innovation
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, February 10, 2021 - Meat Naturally and Agricool Finance were awarded joint first place in the 10th Annual Social Innovation Awards, while Leafline Washable Sanitary Wear scooped first place in the Disability Empowerment Awards. All three...
First consignment of COVID-19 vaccine
President Cyril Ramaphosa and Deputy President David Mabuza, who chairs the Inter-Ministerial Committee on Vaccines, will today receive South Africa’s first consignment of the COVID-19 vaccine at OR Tambo International Airport. SA to receive first consignment of...
EVENTS
Calitz misses Fish River record by 8 minutes
After running 100 kilometres, it is heartbreaking to miss setting a new record by little over a kilometre in distance. For this year's running of the Fish River Canyon Ultra, his only goal was to break the hiking trail route record. Missing it by only eight minutes...
ENVIRONMENT
Communities urged to harvest rain water
The Department of Water and Sanitation has appealed to rural communities, who don’t have access to potable water, to take the opportunity of harvesting rain water during summer to sustain them through dry conditions. Rural communities urged to harvest rain water The...
EDUCATION
SA should grow economy through inclusive growth
Cape Town – Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan says to get the country on a path of better growth, all sectors of the economy should work with government in a manner that promotes inclusive growth. Economy through inclusive growth The Minister said this when he briefed...
CRIME
Crime statistics for the 2013/14
The South African Police Service (SAPS) today released the crime statistics for the 2013/14 financial year, which show a range of increases and decreases in certain crime categories. Aggravating Circumstances For the year under review, there was an increase in murder,...
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ARTS & CULTURE
Vote Art Activist to TED finals
Vote to help Johannesburg art activist to get to TED California finals with her ‘pillow talk’ On the edge of the inner city in a much-loved area of Troyeville, lies a concrete bed in a park overlooking the main route (Bezuidenhout) into Johannesburg from the east....
