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Committees urges Defence Dept to spend tech procurement budget
By: Lumkile Nkomfe 26th May 2023 On Thursday, the Joint Committee on Defence urged the Department of Defence to invest in technology in order to safeguard the nation's borders... →
Joint Defence Committee urges DOD to spend budget on technology to enhance border security
26th May 2023 The Joint Standing Committee on Defence has raised alarm that procurement challenges have contributed to the fact that the Department of Defence... →
Raging against the machine
9th May 2023 The meteoric rise of artificial intelligence (AI) is generating infinite possibilities and particularly so when linked to or combined with other... →
Scepticism over Cape Town plan to spend R860m on anti-crime tech
By: News24Wire 9th May 2023 Some community policing forum members and residents on the Cape Flats remain sceptical after the City of Cape Town said it would spend about... →
Technology and sustainable development: a hamlet in rural South Africa shows how one can power the other
18th January 2023 It’s hard to imagine that the sustainable development goals (SDGs) and the fourth industrial revolution can be part of the same conversation. But,... →
Another critical aviation infrastructure maintenance blunder by the ANC
15th December 2022 In less than a week after the DA learnt of the collapse of our pilot-control-tower communication system and that the backup communications system... →
Eskom's desperate scramble to avoid Stage 7
By: News24Wire 8th December 2022 Eskom on Wednesday evening called off the planned outage of Koeberg unit 1 at the eleventh hour as the utility scrambled to avoid moving to Stage 7... →
Can a new wave of drone tech make Africa’s seas safer?
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 30th November 2022 On 29 October, Ukraine attacked Russian naval ships in the Crimean port of Sevastopol using unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and unmanned surface... →
