SA's arms industry is
highly developed, but more investment is needed to keep SA in the technology race if it is to remain competitive. Not only can the sector be a far bigger foreign-exchange earner, but it can also be a far bigger generator of skills and jobs.
Some of us might sometimes think of the agricultural sector as one in which technology is used in farm machinery, some farm operations, and not much else. Wrong! The sector, in fact, is evermore technology "savvy" and now agriculture is
sparking the creative talents of developers.
SA has entered the war on piracy, and now there has been a
large order for an SA-designed VPS Anti-piracy device. South African company Vessel Protection Systems (VPS) has won a large order to supply commercial charterers with more than 90 anti-pirate devices invented and perfected by VPS in Cape Town.
South African Airways has plans for new investments, so the government
guarantee for SAA is "not a bail-out", or so the cash-strapped airline's annual general meeting heard last week.
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The first day of the 2012 National Senior Certificate (NSC) exams got off to a good start without incidents or irregularities, says Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga. 
College Campus has launched three new bachelor degrees to fill the technological gap in skills in South Africa. These are Bachelor of Commerce in Digital Marketing (B.Com DM), Bachelor of Information Technology in Business Systems (B.IT) and Bachelor of Business Administration (B.BA). 
South Africa must hurry up and make the necessary investments to ensure there is a new crop of young scientists trained and ready for work emerging from universities every year says Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi. 
A new team has been elected to head up SABSA, the South African Business Schools Association, for the next two years as the business education sector continues to evolve. 
It is not every day that one gets to learn a life lesson on a climb to the 'Roof of Africa', but on 21 October 2012 it became a reality for a Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS) MBA student, Bonolo Sekhukhune, when she took part in the Rotterdam School of Management (RSM) MBA Kilimanjaro Leadership Project. 
Dylan Nelson and Lourens van Niekerk have recently been named South Africa's top young mathematicians at an awards evening held at the Protea Hotel in Hilton, Pietermaritzburg. 
