Gaming Development

Finished at 23, eSports players peer nervously into retirement

Article bogdan TagDiv - 22 Aug 2019

In the most frenzied eSports games, players can be finished by 23 because reactions supposedly slow after that

American teen ‘Bugha’ becomes solo Fortnite champ, winning $3-million

Article Agency - 29 Jul 2019

At just 16 years of age, Kyle Giersdorf became the video game's first champion, and a millionaire

Fun and games that change lives

Article Eyaaz Matwadia - 5 Jul 2019

Professional gaming can mean earning big bucks for elite competitors. It also fosters problem-solving skills in casual players

No mere Semblance of success

Article bogdan TagDiv - 13 Sep 2017

How a South African indie game went from a university assignment to the big-time

FBI’s gullible goat slips up on jihadi slope

Article bogdan TagDiv - 11 Feb 2016

Anti-radicalisation tools are indicative of how clueless governments can be when it comes to reaching out to the younger generation

Diversity calls for change in app-titudes

Analysis Stuart Dredge - 11 Jun 2015

App and game developers are slowly getting their heads around the fact that there's more to girls than pink and princesses.

Local gaming heroes rAge on

Article bogdan TagDiv - 14 Oct 2014

The rAge expo was a feast of global gaming, but the growing presence of local developers was a significant phenomenon, writes Arthur Goldstuck.

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National

Tshwane water woes in court again

Sarah Smit - 21 Feb 2020

The municipality has been accused of deliberately derailing the contract to sort out toxic water crisis in Hammanskraal

National

Life in lockdown: Behind closed doors keeping out the coronavirus

Sarah Smit - 21 Feb 2020

South African students in China are staying behind closed doors due to the coronavirus outbreak

National

Apartheid criminals still at large

Ilham Rawoot - 21 Feb 2020

Corporations and banks that aided the apartheid regime have not been brought to book, so they continue to act with impunity

Press Releases

Response to the report of the independent assessors

IT Web - 17 Feb 2020

VUT welcomes the publishing of the report of the independent assessors to investigate concerns of poor governance, leadership, management, corruption and fraud at the university.

Press Releases

NWU student receives international award

IT Web - 17 Feb 2020

Carol-Mari Schulz received the Bachelor of Health Sciences in Occupational Hygiene Top Achiever Award.

Press Releases

Academic programme resumes at all campuses

IT Web - 17 Feb 2020

Lectures, practicals, seminars and tutorials will all resume today as per specific academic timetables.

Special Reports

Strategic social investments are a catalyst for social progress

Derek Davey - 17 Feb 2020

Barloworld Mbewu enables beneficiaries to move away from dependence on grant funding

Special Reports

We all have a part to play to make South Africa work

Derek Davey - 17 Feb 2020

Powering societal progress demands partnerships between all stakeholders

Special Reports

So you want to be a social entrepreneur?

Derek Davey - 17 Feb 2020

Do the research first; it will save money and time later

Special Reports

Social entrepreneurship means business

Derek Davey - 17 Feb 2020

Enterprises with a cause at their core might be exactly what our economy desperately needs

Special Reports

Looking inwards

Derek Davey - 17 Feb 2020

Businesses are finding tangible ways to give back – but only because consumers demand it