Drones

The ups and downs of drug-delivering drones

Africa Gilbert Nakweya - 6 Sep 2019

From the Ganges River to Ghana, drones are delivering vaccines, HIV tests and blood transfusions and cutting waiting times for life-saving healthcare

Google drone deliveries cleared for take-off in Australia

Article Agency - 9 Apr 2019

The Google-linked firm says it has been been delivering "food and drinks, over-the-counter chemist items, and locally-made coffee and chocolate"

Gauteng turns to drones to monitor construction projects

Article Tehillah Nieselow - 22 May 2018

The drone launched on Monday cost approximately R20 000 and is the size of a 500ml water bottle, weighing 700g

New tech is revolutionising ecology, conservation

Article Staff Reporter - 9 May 2018

From tiny sensors that can be fitted to animals, to swarms of remotely-piloted drones, researchers have a host of new ways to study the natural world

Two Lebanese brothers in court for Hezbollah drone export case

Article bogdan TagDiv - 26 Feb 2018

Two Lebanese citizens are expected to appear in court for allegedly illegally exporting components of drones to Hezbollah in Lebanon

SA links in US-Hezbollah illegal exporting case

Article bogdan TagDiv - 20 Feb 2018

According to US court documents, dollars were said to have been transferred to SA company bank accounts for the apparent purchasing of the items

Drones saves boys trapped in 3-metre swells

Article Agency - 18 Jan 2018

New technology sees drones deployed on beaches as life-savers

Drones are taking to the skies above Africa to map land ownership

Africa Staff Reporter - 27 Nov 2017

Creating a reliable, up to date land register is important for African countries. Drones can help collect and record the necessary data

Somaliland’s voting technology shows how Africa can lead the world

Africa Calestous Juma - 14 Nov 2017

In an extension of technological leapfrogging, Somaliland will become the first country in the world to use iris recognition in an election

Are drones taking off as the future of African healthcare?

Africa Raeesa Pather & Simon Allison - 29 Aug 2017

Drones can make doctors and nurses more efficient, but they can't replace them altogether

Malawi’s drone battlefield is on the humanitarian front

Africa Raeesa Pather - 29 Jun 2017

The government, in partnership with the United Nations Children's Fund, has opened the first humanitarian drone corridor in Africa.

Favour rigorous debate, not security

Analysis Staff Reporter - 3 Mar 2017

Wits University should take up students’ violence as a pedagogical challenge.

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