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‘Ramaphosa take action’: ANCYL urges president to tackle corruption at Home Affairs
This comes after the conviction of a former Home Affairs adjudicator who was found guilty of corruption by the Pretoria Specialised Commercial Crimes Court on Wednesday, and the recent dismissal of 18 other officials for offences including fraud, corruption, and sexual harassment.
Parents must address child gambling
Because gambling is so easily available online, it is consequently that easy to become addicted. But where access previously meant gambling addiction was an adult problem, the internet and smart phones mean that addicts can now be children aged 10.
Home affairs clears ID backlog of over 247 000 in a month
The backlog started to accumulate in November 2023 after a change in IT service providers that created a bottleneck in multiple areas.
Transport minister asks Auditor-General to probe Idemia’s drivers licence printing tender amid pressure
The Department of Transport is facing numerous questions regarding the R898 million smart driving licence cards tender awarded to Idemia.
Home Affairs Minister Leon Schreiber clamps down ID fraud in new gazette
Home Affairs will be tackling identity fraud by cancelling duplicate IDs which are usually held by illegal immigrants and resolve the issue of wrongfully blocked IDs.
Empowering the informal sector: Zaka's revolutionary solution at the MTN MoMo API Hackathon
The essence of Zaka's victory lies in their groundbreaking solution that transcends traditional payment processing, offering a transformative approach to cashflow financing in the informal sector.
Xiaomi camera systems secure your home smartly
Smart home technologies offer a range of solutions tailored with a simple and secure set-up.
HONOR Launches the all-new HONOR X8a in South Africa
HONOR X8a combines fashion with technology with an impressive 100MP ultracamera and iconic timeless design.
Be the first to experience the futuristic features of the HUAWEI Mate50 Pro, which is now available in South African retail stores
The HUAWEI Mate 50 Pro introduces a wave of new technologies, including the first-ever 10-size adjustable physical aperture.
Avisa Partners brings together more than 2000 high-level participants at Dakar Forum
Senegal’s capital once again played host to the high-profile Dakar International Forum on Peace and Security in Africa.
Tech gathering aims to connect Africa’s next billion
Connecting Africa's next billion is a topic currently being addressed on the sidelines of AfricaCom, currently underway in Cape Town.
SET and innovation take centre stage at SA’s ‘Science Oscars’
The NSTF-South32 Awards honour and celebrate outstanding contributions to the fields of science, engineering, technology (SET) and innovation.
Home Affairs launches branch appointment booking system for IDs and passports
The system will allow clients to make an electronic booking for selected services at the Department of Home Affairs.
Cape Crypto launches Bitcoin trading mobile app
According to the company, the aim of launching the mobile app is to make it easy for anyone to sign up and start buying Bitcoin.
Artificial intelligence detects dementia
It is apparent that in the Fourth Industrial Revolution smart technologies will increasingly transform the early detection and treatment of diseases, says the writer.
AI Expo Africa, Wesgro, and Zindi launch the Deepfake Africa Challenge
The objective of the challenge is to create convincing deepfakes to highlight the power of this synthetic media.
This tool could protect your photos from facial recognition
By Kashmir HillResearchers at the University of Chicago want you to be able to post selfies without worrying that the next Clearview AI will use them to identify you. In recent years, companies have been prowling the web for public photos associated with people’s names that they can use to build enormous databases of faces and improve their facial recognition systems, adding to a growing sense that personal privacy is being lost, bit by digital bit.