Green properties through renewable energy - a vision for the future

[Karl van Eck] Improving sustainability and reducing the environmental impact of properties has become an important issue over the last few years, particularly within the commercial sector, due to a combination of social and economic pressures. 29 Nov 2011 12:19

Popular Mechanics SA Inventor of the Year announced

Media Update reports that University of Cape Town bio-engineer Dr George Vicatos was named as South Africa's Inventor of the Year by sci-tech magazine Popular Mechanics at a black-tie ceremony in Johannesburg following the third annual Popular Mechanics Inventors Conference. 29 Nov 2011 10:01

Nokia Siemens to cut 17 000 jobs

Business Live reports that Nokia Siemens Networks will fire 17 000 workers as part of a plan to save at least €1-billion a year but the company has not yet said where these cuts would be made. Nokia Siemens has been consistently losing money since 2007. 28 Nov 2011 12:58

Amended SA tax laws will incentivise local R&D

Engineering News reports that South Africa's Taxation Laws Amendment Bill 2011 has been designed to incentivise local companies to upscale their research and development (R&D) activities. The Bill is yet to be signed by President Jacob Zuma and is expected to become effective in April 2012. 28 Nov 2011 08:38

Pandor: Govt is looking at R9bn 'green' car bill

News24 reports that, according to Science and Technology Minister Naledi Pandor, there will be high costs involved in putting South Africa's first home-grown "green" vehicle, the Joule electric car, into commercial production. 24 Nov 2011 13:48

Teraco launches Africa Cloud eXchange

Isando, Johannesburg based Teraco Data Environments, Africa's first provider of vendor neutral data centres, announced the launch of the Africa Cloud eXchange (ACX), providing a secure data centre environment where cloud providers can enable access to a vendor-neutral co-location space for sharing and selling cloud services, ITWeb reports. 11 May 2012 13:46

Motlanthe ends Finland visit

PRETORIA: Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe has concluded his visit to Finland with a pledge to partner with the country in the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) and marine industries. 11 May 2012 10:36

QlikTech, third fastest-growing tech company - Forbes

QlikTech, a user-driven Business Intelligence (BI) company, announced it ranked third on Forbes' annual list of America's 25 Fastest-Growing Tech Companies. Ranked in the top three along with frontrunners Linked In and Apple, QlikTech's sales growth of 37% over the past 12 months earned it this place in the Forbes Fast Tech 25 Annual List Of Growth Kings. 10 May 2012 13:49

Zuma: South Africa looking to India for ICT skills

President Jacob Zuma said that South Africa needs to enhance skills in the areas of engineering, information and communication technology, computer science, finance, economics, and accounting to boost the country's infrastructure programme, BusinessTech reports. 10 May 2012 12:16

Wi-Fi... in the sky

South African airspace becomes cyberspace in a first for South Africa as Wireless G, together with Mango and Vodacom, bring you Wi-Fi in the sky. By using G-Connect In-Flight Wi-Fi, Mango guests can now surf the web when travelling between South Africa's major centres, at 30 000 feet. 9 May 2012 14:00

Connecting SA will cost up to R90b, minister says

According to BusinessTech, Communications Minister Dina Pule said that between R60 to R89 billion would need to be invested to build a telecommunications broadband network throughout the country and to reduce connectivity costs. 9 May 2012 15:27

Rhino CSI, a South African reality

High tech has been brought in to hammer rhino poachers... Composed and gently spoken, veterinarian and genetics specialist, Dr Cindy Harper, tells the extraordinary story of RhODIS: South Africa's two-year-old rhino DNA index system that was first believed to be an impossible project, but is now playing a major role in prosecuting rhino poachers through forensic DNA testing. 9 May 2012 07:58

SA to test carbon storage technology 'by 2017'

According to Business Day, the head of the South African Centre for Carbon Capture and Storage, Tony Surridge, said that the country is likely to be ready to test-inject carbon dioxide into underground storage cavities from 2017 in a bid to determine whether "carbon capture and storage" technology is viable. 8 May 2012 12:05