technology

Orange Farm community members are working at transforming an informal settlement into a centre of modern technology. Now a major internet service provider is set to use the Orange Farm hub as a test bed for wireless web and VoIP technology.

Antarctica is the southernmost, coldest, windiest, highest and most remote of the world's six continents. Since 1960, the South African Antarctic Programme has been working to protect this resource for future generations, and for the environmental health of the entire planet.

South Africans are extremely happy with their cellular service providers and the effect of cellphones on their lives, independent research has found. Digital guru Arthur Goldstuck expects the cellular market - currently at about 18.5-million users - to reach the landmark 50% of SA's population "within a year".

The Joburg Centre for Software Engineering, launched by the City of Johannesburg and the University of the Witwatersrand, aims to grow South Africa's capacity to deliver world-class software and promote best practice in software development within an African context.

South Africa has launched a new institute to boost social and economic growth through training, research and development in information and communication technology - three years after President Thabo Mbeki first raised the idea of a national "ICT university".

South Africa's America's Cup challenger has unveiled its new, ultra hi-tech hull. The Shosholoza RSA 83 is the first America's Cup class yacht to be designed and built in South Africa - and the first in the world to meet the new Version 5.0 rule of the 2007 America's Cup.

Deputy President Jacob Zuma says South Africa's move to strengthen ties with North Korea should not be misinterpreted.

The government, the SA National Blood Service and an expert committee have agreed on a new risk-rating model for blood donations, following the blood service's admission that was using race and sexual orientation to profile blood donors.

From mosquito-repellent candles to the Southern African Large Telescope, developments in science and technology in South Africa since 1994 have put the country on the international map, according to a new book.

The Go Open Source campaign is an R18-million investment by Hewlett-Packard, the Shuttleworth Foundation and the CSIR to promote the use of open source software among South African home users, scholars and small businesses.