# The International Air Transport Association has unveiled its Sustainable Aviation Fuel Matchmaker platform to connect airlines with Sustainable Aviation Fuel producers through the Aviation Energy Hub. Aimed at accelerating Sustainable Aviation Fuel adoption, the platform enhances efficiency, connectivity, and transparency in procurement. IATA’s Marie Owens Thomsen says it supports net-zero goals by 2050. Airlines […]
# A new report by Boston Consulting Group reveals 52-percent of global workers are optimistic about Artificial Intelligence and generative Artificial Intelligence, up from 35-percent in 2018. Adoption is strong, with 72-percent of ten-thousand-600 respondents across eleven countries using AI regularly. However, frontline adoption has stalled at 51-percent. The report indicates that despite job loss […]
# Stellenbosch University researchers are playing a leading role in a global trial investigating the use of artificial intelligence to improve tuberculosis diagnosis. The project, titled ‘Computer assisted diagnosis with lung ultrasound for community based pulmonary tuberculosis triage in Benin, Mali and South Africa’, involves a consortium of 10 health and research institutions across Africa […]
# International Relations and Cooperation minister Ronald Lamola says Africa must end its role as a mere supplier of raw materials. Speaking during the third G20 Sherpa Meeting, Lamola called for a critical minerals framework to drive beneficiation, industrial growth, and job creation. Lamola urged cooperation between the Global North and South for equitable development. […]
# Die Wes-Kaapse regering waarsku motoriste om waaksaam te bly omdat verskeie paaie reg oor die provinsie deur oorstromings geraak word. Dit volg nadat ʼn koue front met swaar reën die provinsie Woensdag getref het. Volgens weervoorspellings sal die nat weer nog tot die naweek en selfs volgende week voortduur. Die LUR vir Beweeglikheid, Isaac […]
# Tshwane se speaker, Mncedi Ndzwanana, het die DA se bewerings teen hom verwerp en sê dis ongegrond. Die ATM-raadslid het gister die DA-gesteunde mosie van wantroue teen hom oorleef. Ndzwanana sê die bewerings dat hy raadsittings hanteer op grond van emosies in plaas van volgens behoorlike prosedures, is onregverdig en onwaar:
# The Department of Trade, Industry, and Competition will launch two e-commerce platforms next Tuesday. The platforms will be hosted by ProudlySA and will offer locally made products to consumers. ProudlySA says this will support small, medium, and micro enterprises. One platform will help corporate buyers find local suppliers, while the other will help consumers […]
# The Western Cape government is urging motorists to remain vigilant as several roads across the province have been affected by flooding. This follows a severe cold front that made landfall on Wednesday, bringing with it heavy rainfall, and forecasts indicate that wet conditions will persist into the weekend and next week. Mobility MEC Isaac […]
# Tshwane council speaker, Mncedi Ndzwanana, has rejected the DA’s allegations against him, saying they are completely baseless. The ATM councillor survived a DA-sponsored motion of no confidence on Thursday. Ndzwanana says allegations that he runs council sittings based on emotion instead of following proper procedure are unfair and not true:
