# The Eastern Cape Liquor Board is urging learners to avoid alcohol-fuelled “Pens Down” parties as they prepare for end-of-year examinations. The board’s CEO Nombuyiselo Makala says young people should celebrate their achievements responsibly and return home safely. The Board is calling on parents, schools and communities to help prevent underage drinking and unsafe gatherings. […]
# Standard Bank en die Universiteit Stellenbosch se Skool vir Datawetenskap en Berekeningsdenke het ‘n vennootskap gesluit om ‘n raamwerk vir die verantwoordelike gebruik van kunsmatige intelligensie in die sakewêreld te ontwikkel. Die raamwerk verenig die bank se finansiële kundigheid met die universiteit se vermoëns op die gebied van datawetenskap en etiek. Die twee instellings […]
# Die Moriel-infrastruktuurgroep het sy uitvoerende voorsitter, Lawrence Mudzinganyama, afgedank oor ‘n video waarin hy na bewering vroue in ‘n restaurant in Sandton, Johannesburg dreig. Die luukse-landgoed Steyn City het ook sy huurooreenkoms met Mudzinganyama beëindig. Hy het gedreig om die vroue te vermoor nadat hulle sy toenaderings verwerp het. Moriel sê dit strook nie […]
# The Special Investigating Unit has raided the Private Security Industry Regulatory Authority’s premises in Centurion today. The Special Tribunal granted a search and seizure warrant last Thursday to obtain documents for an ongoing probe into a 130-million-rand Unemployment Insurance Fund training contract for over seven-thousand learners nationwide. SIU spokesperson Selby Makgotho says PSIRA only […]
# Moriel Infrastructure Group has cut ties with executive chairperson Lawrence Mudzinganyama after a video allegedly showing him threatening women at a Sandton, Johannesburg, restaurant went viral. Luxury estate Steyn City has also terminated his lease. Mudzinganyama threatened to murder the women who had rejected him. Moriel says the behaviour is inconsistent with its values, […]
# Die minister van Landbou, Willie Aucamp, sê kwalifiserende privaat ondernemings sal toegelaat word om die Landbounavorsingsraad se intellektuele eiendom te gebruik om sy entstof teen bek-en-klouseer in grootmaat te vervaardig. Die raad het die toegewing eenparig goedgekeur. Hy sê dis doeltreffend teen plaaslike stamme met een jaarlikse dosis, maar hy kan dit nie in […]
# Agriculture minister Willie Aucamp says qualifying private companies will be allowed to use the Agricultural Research Council’s intellectual property to manufacture its foot-and-mouth disease vaccine at scale. The council’s board unanimously agreed to the permission. It says its vaccine is effective against local strains with one annual dose, but cannot manufacture at scale. Aucamp […]
# Die Raad van Gesondheidsorgbefondsers steun die doelwit om verhogings in mediese skemabydraes so laag moontlik te hou, maar beklemtoon dit kan nie net deur bydrae-riglyne bereik word nie. Die Raad op Mediese Skemas het aanbeveel verhogings in bydraes vir die 2027-voordeeljaar moet op 3,8-persent gegrond wees. Besturende direkteur Katlego Mothudi sê gesondheidsorgverskaffers en groot […]
# Standard Bank and Stellenbosch University’s School for Data Science and Computational Thinking have partnered to develop a framework for responsible artificial intelligence use in business. The collaboration combines the bank’s financial expertise with the university’s data science and ethics capabilities. The institutions have developed the Standard Bank Responsible AI Approach, covering safe, secure and […]
