The stolen laptops were earmarked for under-resourced schools. The National Student Fund Aid Scheme (NSFAS) has opened a case of theft against a former board member for allegedly stealing laptops earmarked for under-resourced schools. The NSFAS said yesterday the former board member allegedly retained 10 of 30 laptops that were allocated to six high schools…
For years, African finance ministers have made the same case at investor conferences and multilateral summits: the continent is not short of bankable projects, it is short of affordable capital. This week, that case took a tangible step forward. Legal & General Asset Management, one of Britain’s largest institutional investors, launched the L&G LSF African…
Austria has opened a police station in the house where Adolf Hitler was born in the town of Braunau am Inn. It follows years of controversy about what to do with the 17th-Century former inn, where Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler was born in April 1889. The building has now been substantially refurbished and its facade…
Companies working on South Africa’s digital communications infrastructure will earn the maximum sector score under the second phase of the department of home affairs’ Trusted Employer Scheme (TES), which opened for expressions of interest on Monday. The scheme, which pre-vets employers so that their work visa applications face reduced documentary requirements and priority processing, was…
John Press, Surface business unit head at Core At a time when South Africa is searching for new pathways to job creation and digital growth, local IT resellers are being invited to join a new initiative aimed at expanding opportunities in the technology sector. Core Group’s Microsoft Surface Reseller Programme gives small and mid-sized technology…
Participants at one of GirlCode’s hackathon events. GirlCode has opened registration for its Pan-African Hackathon 2026, with events taking place in Botswana and SA (15-16 August), East Africa including Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda (5-6 September) and Ghana (11-12 September). Now in its 12th year, the hackathon is organised in partnership with Absa Group, Truecaller, MTN, SAP…
Applications have opened for GirlCode’s 2026 Pan-African Hackathon, which will take place across six African countries between August and September. The programme will also introduce female technology founders as participants for the first time, alongside aspiring coders. Source: Supplied Now in its 12th year, the hackathon is designed to give young women practical experience in…
The case highlights the growing role of collaboration in delivering highly-specialised treatment using South African expertise. (Image source: 123RF) A multidisciplinary team at Life Vincent Pallotti Hospital in Cape Town successfully carried out an advanced procedure to treat a life-threatening heart rhythm disorder in a patient whose condition had not responded to standard treatment options….
The 19th Conference of Speakers and Presiding Officers of Parliaments (CSPOC) of the Commonwealth Africa Region got started in South Africa’s Gauteng province yesterday. Heads of parliaments and other representatives of national and subnational legislatures from the continent are meeting at the Emperors Palace, Johannesburg, under the theme “Proactive Parliaments and Sustainable Development: An Imperative…
Mombasa — The Government of Kenya will officially open the 11th Our Ocean Conference (OOC11) tomorrow, convening global leaders, scientists, investors, innovators, civil society organisations, youth leaders, and ocean advocates in Mombasa to accelerate action for the ocean’s future. Held for the first time on African soil, OOC11 arrives at a defining moment for ocean…
