100 000 year old art studio uncovered in SA

Researchers believe that two shells containing a primitive paint mixture may be the remnants of a 100 000 year old art studio. The abalone shells held a paste containing ochre, an earthy iron ore offering yellow or red hues, which may have been used for painting or body decoration, said the study in the journal "Science". Read more >>

Meerkats can identify each other by voice

Researchers recorded a range of meerkat vocal sounds and played them to wild meerkats in South Africa's Kalahari Desert. They now say that meerkats can identify one another by voice alone, matching the way humans recognise familiar tones. Meerkats may be the only non-primate species to have developed this ability. Read more >>

Judge orders young IT pair to pay NYDA R500 000

High Court Judge Fayeeza Kathree-Setiloane ruled that the two men - Samuel Tsolo, 27 and James Zwane, 25, who own software company Wintelligent Technology - could not continue with their lawsuit against the National Youth Development Agency (NYDA) until they had paid security for costs. Read more >>

Tech as critical as water and electricity - MTN

It's no secret that any successful company has the ability to respond quickly to changes in the business environment. While a significant portion of this agility comes down to effective management structures, an equally large segment can be attributed to the technology capabilities that underpin the organisation, says MTN Business. Read more >>

Samsung's PlanetFirst aims to top environment friendly list

Samsung Electronics recently announced the second year results of its PlanetFirst initiative, a company-wide commitment to become one of the world's most environmentally friendly companies by 2013. Read more >>

De Beers VC Fund moves to Silicon Valley

E6 Ventures, diamond giant De Beers-affiliated venture firm has turned to Silicon Valley in order to find and fund new companies who are making use of synthetic diamonds. It has opened a new office in Santa Clara, Calif., to accelerate its pace of start-up investing and better connect with potential partners. Read more >>

EXCLUSIVE: New Brand Council of SA announces office bearers

The board of the new Brand Council of South Africa (BCSA) has elected HKLM's Sean McCoy as chairman, and Interbrand Sampson's Jeremy Sampson and Brand Leadership's Thebe Ikalafeng as joint vice chairs. The BCSA, incorporates the Brand Design Council (formerly known as THINK), was constituted after extensive debate around the need for a collective voice to represent, strengthen and advance the interests of the wider branding and design industry in SA, and it. Read more >>

Rolling Stone South Africa: the first in-depth interview

[Johann Smith] "Rolling Stone" - it was the writing on the wall found backstage at Rocking the Daisies. It was a hint, a secret, that the writer wanted musicians to know first, before anyone else. There is no way of saying it better: Rolling Stone magazine is coming to South Africa in November 2011. Johann Smith and Ruth Cooper of Bizcommunity.com's BizLounge speak to Miles Keylock, editor-in-chief of RS SA. Read more >>

South Africans are overweight - survey

South Africans weigh in as the third fattest nation on earth. A survey done in 2010 by Glaxo SmithKline has found that 61% of the South African population are overweight or morbidly obese. In addition to this survey, a study done by the Medical Research Council in 2007 found that 56% of adult women and 29% of adult men in South Africa were overweight or obese. Read more >>

Unions to picket at Wal-Mart/Massmart hearing

The Congress of SA Trade Unions' (Cosatu) and the SA Commercial, Catering and Allied Workers Union (Saccawu) on Monday announced their intention to embark on "mass pickets" at the Wal-Mart-Massmart appeal hearing in Cape Town set for Thursday and Friday, 21 - 22 October 2011. Read more >>