A prototype battery-electrical car designed by students from the University of Johannesburg finished 15th in the recent Shell Eco-Marathon on a custom-built track in London. The eight-student team is from…
South Africans making history… charity organisation takes to the app store with an awesome game to raise money. This is Layla’s journey. Layla O’Neill is a brave little girl who…
The largest global AIDS organisation in the world, is holding a March and free concert in Durban this weekend! After 15 years, the International AIDS Conference (IAC) returned to South…
TheEyeMakers and W1CLondon in partnership with The Star/Pretoria News will be distributing 10 000 pairs of reading glasses as part of Mandela Day 2016, valued at over R1-million. TheEyeMakers Optometrist…
Two visionary entrepreneurs Michael de Beer and Stacey Quinton from Cape Town have designed and tested a rear-view mirror for a bicycle that they are convinced is going to change…
It is no secret that South Africans don’t save enough – something that many people explain by pointing to the pressures on their salaries, the rising cost of living and…
These days it seems R40 can’t get you far, but maybe that’s because you’re not thinking outside the box like Cape Town entrepreneur Lufefe “Spinach King” Nomjana. In 2012,…
Two Durban companies, Wonderbag and the Oyster Box Hotel, launched their first educational and economic-inclusive initiative for underprivileged communities in South Africa bringing new hope. The launch of the first…
Two young people from different cities in South Africa created a social media platform that allows business entrepreneurs to engage with each other. In honour of Youth Month, Tiaan Geel…
The Alberta government confirmed Wednesday that South African firefighters who came to the province’s aid in Fort McMurray were finally paid properly under Canadian labour laws. After arriving to much…
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