It's that bill again, and since the ANC caucus in parliament has called for an end to debate and for the contentious bill to be voted through in its present form,
R2K is to march in Pretoria on International Right to Know Day - 28 September 2012. The opposition to this bill will continue as long as government stonewalls on key amendments.
On the crime front, according to the latest stats,
KZN has recorded the largest drop in murder cases. That's scant comfort for the families and friends of murder victims. Gauteng, however, although recording some of the biggest decreases in key crimes, still tops the list as the most crime-ridden province.
Here's some sweet news for you... According to this report, if SA adopts new technology that Brazil has been using,
technology 'can double sugar cane yields' in this country. Get your wallet out... It looks like e-tolling could be here to stay, and that concerns the Opposition to Urban Tolling Association (OUTA). One of its main concerns is that the voices of Gauteng motorists, who will have to pay to use the roads,
were not heard in the Constitutional Court. E-tolling is almost certain to have an impact on inflation: every company operating in Gauteng, or with employees in Gauteng, or having dealings with any company that operates there or has vehicles passing through there, will face increased costs. And you know they will have to pass them on.
So don't think you're home free because you happen to live in any of the other provinces. You'll also be paying.
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The transition from traditional channels to digital channels will have a major impact on broadcasting in SA, according to PricewaterhouseCoopers' (PwC) South African entertainment and media outlook 2012-16 (The Outlook). 
Denel, South Africa's defence manufacturer, has established a joint venture with Abu Dhabi-based, Tawazun Holdings, for the development, manufacturing, assembly and integration of precision-guided weapon systems, opening up the international gateway to potential new opportunities. 
The inaugural FutureTech Conference, hosted by science and technology magazine Popular Mechanics (PM) will be held on 25 October at the Didata Campus in Bryanston, Johannesburg. Key speakers include George Ellis, Emeritus Distinguished Professor of Complex Systems at the University of Cape Town, Dr Annamart Nieman, a former guest lecturer at the FBI Academy in Washington and Tim Noakes, Professor in the Discovery Health Chair of Exercise and Sports Science at the University of Cape Town. 
South African cane growers could soon double their yields and income if they adopted a new technology for planting sugar cane that is making Brazil one of the biggest producers in the world, the chief operating officer of seed manufacturer Syngenta, John Atkin, said last week. 
When high definition (HD) voice services were launched in countries such as Australia, the United Kingdom, Canada and Russia, South Africans were told that they would have to wait for some time before the service would be made available locally, with large mobile networks stating they were still investigating its commercial viability. Fortunately, it seems as though the rumours were unfounded as Vox Telecom has announced that their Vox Supafone now supports quality HD voice telephony. 
