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Telecommunications group Vodacom South Africa has launched the Eco-Warriors Sustainability Competition, a nationwide learner-led initiative aiming to mobilise the country’s next generation of...
State-owned Transnet has won the Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS) Logistics Achiever Gold Award (LAA) 2025 for its e-Tender solution. The award, which was presented at a ceremony held at...
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Three presenters participating in industry organisation the Society for Automation, Instrumentation, Mechatronics and Computer Engineering’s (SAIMC’s) 2025 summit highlighted the importance of...
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The Aerospace Systems Research Institute (ASRI) of the University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN) has signed an exclusive agreement with South African private-sector space company Mura Space. The agreement...
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Telecommunications group Telkom has donated land, valued at R3.9-million, across Gauteng and Western Cape, to the Department of Basic Education (DBE). The land donation will be used to strengthen...
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