October 16, 2019

Wits wins widely

Wits academics both established and emerging have won widely over the past month, in fields as diverse as philosophy, entomology, pharmacy, and engineering. Philosophy professor and Kant scholar, Lucy Allais and entomologist and malaria expert, Profe…

President Launches Metro Pilot of District Model

President Cyril Ramaphosa will visit KwaZulu-Natal Province on Thursday and Friday, 17 and 18 October 2019, to launch the metropolitan version of the District Development Model at the eThekwini (Durban) Metropolitan Municipality.This follows the succes…

Northern Cape Premier welcomes SKA successes

The Northern Cape Premier, Dr Zamani Saul, welcomed successes made at the Square Kilometre Array (SKA) site in Carnarvon, which has developed into a powerful radio astronomy region. Dr Saul, who was appointed Premier in May, visited the site for the f…

Two arrested for copper cable theft in Kimberley

KIMBERLEY – The active visible policing in Kimberley led to the arrest of two men in possession of suspected stolen goods. On Monday, 14 October 2019 at about 14:40 the police followed up on information about two suspicious looking men burning copper c…

Modernised site approval policy crucial to fast track 4IR

JOHANNESBURG, INFORMATION and communications technology (ICT) experts believe a single, efficient policy for building telecommunications infrastructure is essential for South Africa to seize the opportunities of fifth-generation cellular network techn…

Gauteng prepares youths for 4IR

JOHANNESBURG, GAUTENG, South Africa’s economic hub, is addressing and responding to the acute engineering and technical skills shortage in the country, a move that is necessary to prepare learners for the fourth industrial revolution (4IR).The provinc…

Opposition’s knack for rejecting poll results breeds bloodshed

LILONGWE, THE turbulent atmosphere in Malawi, worst of it the killing of at least two police officers and the death of a similar number of protesters, is the manifestation of the culture of opposition parties destabilising their nations when the resul…

Mozambique positions self as global oil, gas hub

MAPUTO, FOLLOWING a second final investment decision (FID) in as many years, Mozambique has officially positioned itself as a key player in the global gas and liquefied natural gas (LNG) market for years to come.The latest FID on the US$20 billion Moz…

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