Technology

Here’s an alternative economic strategy for South Africa to double GDP and reduce unemployment to 12% by 2030

[ad_1] President Cyril Ramaphosa will present a ‘widely consulted’ South African Economic Recovery and Reconstruction Plan on Thursday 15 October 2020 in a joint hybrid session of Parliament. Analysts and economists have asked urgently structural economic reforms to reactivate the economy. Statistics released at the end of September showed that …

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The good, the bad, and what Apple didn’t mention

[ad_1] By The Washington Post Oct 15, 2020 Share this article: SharecheepShareShareShareEmailShare San Francisco: Sometimes what Apple doesn’t say about a new iPhone is the most revealing. The main update to this year’s iPhone 12, which will soon be released in countless commercials, is that it supports fast 5G mobile …

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‘We don’t want to be shot dead’

[ad_1] NEWS ANALYSIS When video of a young man in Ughelli in Delta State being harassed and eventually shot dead by members of a unit of the Nigerian Police Force, the so-called special anti-theft squad (Sars) went viral on social media. last week, little did anyone know that it would …

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Leadership changes at MultiChoice

[ad_1] Africa’s largest pay TV operator, MultiChoice, is announcing leadership changes. The company has appointed Nyiko Shiburi as CEO of its SA operations, and Marc Jury as the new CEO of SuperSport, both effective December 1. In a note to staff, the group’s CEO, Calvo Mawela, said that Shiburi, who …

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Government to force ISPs to crack down on piracy in South Africa

[ad_1] The South African government plans to introduce legislation assigning responsibilities to Internet Service Providers (ISPs) to help combat copyright infringement online. These plans were revealed in a draft of the white paper that was published by Communications and Digital Technologies Minister Stella Ndabeni-Abrahams on October 9 in the Government …

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