# The AfricArena Johannesburg Summit is expected to get underway today. The event aims to showcase some of Africa’s leading technology startups across fintech, deep tech, and enterprise sectors. Supported by Amazon Web Services, the summit forms part of a continent-wide tour highlighting innovation and investment opportunities. Keynote speaker Melvyn Lubega, along with other industry […]
# Suiso, ‘n volhoubare blou-ammoniak produksieaanleg in Kriel, Mpumalanga, span saam met die Raad op Geo-wetenskap om te bepaal of Suid-Afrika se geologiese formasies in staat is om koolstofvrystellings veilig te kan berg. Die projek sal ook help om nywerheidsbesoedeling te bekamp terwyl dit nuwe ekonomiese geleenthede in groen waterstofproduksie en hulpbron-onttrekking ontsluit. Die stigter […]
# Die Gautengse Departement van e-Regering het ʼn bykomende 193 geslotekringtelevisiekameras in townships, informele nedersettings en hostelgebiede opgerig. Die uitbreiding volg na die suksesvolle eerste twee fases waar 300 kameras opgestel is. Die departement se woordvoerder, Sithembiso Ndlovu, sê die voortgesette pogings om waarneming te verbeter, is deel van ʼn breër strategie om ʼn veiliger, sterker […]
# CapeNature says from October 2024 until the end of February this year, wildfires have scorched 32-thousand-187 hectares of land in the Western Cape. The Swartberg protected area accounted for about half of all hectares burned and was the worst-affected area. Since the start of October, the entity has spent more than 12-million-rand on combatting […]
# ROTOCON het sy derde jaarlikse wynetiketkompetisie vir studente bekendgestel in samewerking met die Tshwane Universiteit vir Tegnologie. Sestig voorgraadse studente van die Departement van Visuele Kommunikasie, en die Fakulteit Kuns en Ontwerp neem aan die kompetisie deel. Studente moet vernuwende, hipermoderne wynetikette te ontwerp. Banie Stafford van ROTOCON sê die kompetisie toon hul belegging […]
# Tshwane mayor Nasiphi Moya has tabled an electricity grid stability plan which will be implemented in the next two weeks to stabilise the power supply in Soshanguve. For years residents have struggled with sporadic outages due to aging substation infrastructure. Moya spokesperson, Zintle Mahlati, says the first part of stabilising the power supply is […]
# University of Pretoria’s professor, Adekeye Adebajo, has launched his latest book titled, The Splendid Tapestry of African Life: Essays on a Resilient Continent, its Diaspora, and the World. The book contains a collection of 145 of his essays, reflecting his thinking about African politics, African international relations, and the world in general. He says […]
# The GOOD Party in Cape Town says despite the metro having the largest capital budget, the administration has every year failed to spend it. In the previous financial year 2024/2025, the metro underspent 1.6-billion-rand of the capital budget. Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis will table Cape Town’s draft budget for 2025/2026 on Thursday. GOOD’s spokesperson, Samantha […]
# Suiso, a sustainable blue-ammonia production facility in Kriel, Mpumalanga, is partnering with the Council for Geoscience, to determine whether South Africa’s geological formations can safely store carbon emissions. This project will also help in mitigating industrial pollution while unlocking new economic opportunities in green hydrogen production and resource extraction. Suiso founder, Paul Erskine, says this joint […]
