Jubie Matlou “The next Bill Gates will come from Africa.” These were the words of former communications minister Jay Naidoo at the opening of the previous International Telecommunication Union event in South Africa Africa Telecom 1998. An initiative SchoolNetAfrica hopes to achieve that goal by connecting thousands of the continent’s schools to the Internet. SchoolNetAfrica’s […]

There were 443 exhibitors from 38 countries, including 18 national pavilions 88 South African companies exhibited Exhibition space was 16 567m2 Other participants: 51 government ministers 181 delegates from administrations 36 directors general 24 ambassadors 183 chief executive officers 1 092 forum participants (including speakers) from 101 countries 295 speakers from 81 countries 251 accredited […]

The software-maker is facing staunch competition as rivals launch their own e-book programs David Shapshak The recent launch of Windows XP has overshadowed the other tussles in the software world. One of these is the fight for “reading” software that will be key to another technology revolution: the e-book. E-books were all the rage last […]

Former spymaster Niel Barnard has played a key backroom role in the current DA turmoil Marianne Merten Dr Niel Barnard said it would be conceited to call himself a super-spy and insisted in a rare interview in 1992 that he was just a manager. Nine years later as Western Cape director general he is regarded […]

The gang rape of a nine-month old baby in Upington has thrown a harsh light on two South African realities the extraordinarily high levels of sexual violence and the cruel and perverse nature of much violent crime. Teenage hijackers kill motorists for no discernible reason; housebreakers terrorise and torture hapless residents; and men, often in […]

Jaspreet Kindra Men in rural KwaZulu-Natal constantly said they did not need to change their sexual behaviour because “the big man” President Thabo Mbeki believed sex and HIV/Aids were not linked, according to an Anglican bishop. “That is the message that is destroying human lives across this country, and for which President Mbeki is being […]

The former head of the presidential investigative unit ‘was offered bribes’ to take the rap Zenzile Khoisan Senior police officials are probing detailed claims of an attempt by the National Intelligence Agency (NIA) to cover up damaging evidence in the trial of a top policeman and save face for former safety and security minister Sydney […]

Leading members of our Jewish community have crossed swords over Israel’s occupation of Palestinian land and its inhumane treatment of its inhabitants. Allow me to congratulate comrade Ronnie Kasrils for speaking out against it. It gives me hope. Allow me also to salute the Jewish Board of Deputies for engaging Kasrils in the international debate […]

A communist party politburo discussion document titled “Defend the Unity of our Alliance, Defend Democratic Debate” raises the fear that the ANC is stifling political discussion The African National Congress’s Briefing Notes on the Alliance is now in wide circulation. In principle, the South African Communist Party welcomes any attempt to foster debate within the […]

analysis Salman Rushdie The world’s leaders have repeated the mantra “This isn’t about Islam” for weeks, partly in the virtuous hope of deterring reprisal attacks on innocent Muslims living in the West, partly because, if the United States is to maintain its coalition against terror, it can’t afford to allege that Islam and terrorism are […]