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Innovative technology that uses algae to convert waste coal dust into a clean, high-quality coal which can readily be processed into biofuel was publicly demonstrated at the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University in Port Elizabeth this week.

Innovative technology that uses algae to convert waste coal dust into a clean, high-quality coal which can readily be processed into biofuel was publicly demonstrated at the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University in Port Elizabeth this week.

Mobile termination rates in South Africa - the fees operators charge each other to carry calls between their networks - are to be halved by March next year, according to new regulations announced by the national telecommunications authority on Wednesday.

A R370-million partnership between the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, the South African government and the University of Cape Town aims to develop vaccines and other medical innovations to fight TB, HIV and malaria. Led by local scientists, it will also help boost Africa's scientific research networks.

Dubai-based investment bank Arqaam Capital has become the newest equity member of the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) - an indication the confidence of other emerging markets in South Africa as a financial gateway to sub-Saharan Africa.

Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe has offered the government's assistance in mediating talks between the Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union and platinum mining companies in a bid to avert looming strike action.

Profound political, economic, social and technological forces are transforming our world, according to the World Economic Forum. The trick is in how the world responds - a topic the forum will address at its annual Davos gathering in late January. And South Africa will be there.

Johannesburg, Thursday 16 January 2014 – Brand South Africa will on Friday this week award bursaries to two students from the Lekoa Shandu Secondary...

In a bid to break the cycle of poverty among unskilled South Africans, Learn to Earn offers Khayelitsha and Hermanus residents life, financial management and retail skills courses, among others, to enter the workplace.

Bafana Bafana made a perfect start to the Orange Africa Nations Championship, or Chan 2014 tournament, with a gritty 3-1 win over Mozambique in an exciting opening game at Cape Town Stadium on 11 January 2014.