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Young CSIR scientists drive smart innovation

Friday, June 30, 2023

The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) is using artificial intelligence (AI) to develop cutting-edge technologies to improve the country’s rural health systems.

Innovation centre to support ICT sector to create new products

Friday, June 30, 2023

As part of efforts to ensure citizens are digitally connected and participate in modern society, the opening of an innovation centre will benefit small businesses in the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) industry to collaborate and create new products that will provide solutions to challenges experienced by ordinary South Africans.

Presidential Employment Stimulus restores Hillbrow

Friday, June 30, 2023

by Sihle Manda

Prince Yabo (24) is an urban ranger in Hillbrow situated at the Johannesburg central business district. Until March 2023, he spent the greater part of his day begging in the corner stores of the precinct.

This changed when he was given an opportunity to be part of the Urban Space Management (USM) initiative which cleans the streets of Hillbrow and aims to keep the area safe.

 “A lot of us were just on the corner stores hustling for money and not getting what we wanted,” he said.

Yabo has been part of the USM since April 2023.

Task team to ensure speedy rehabilitation of Metz Dam

Friday, June 30, 2023

Water and Sanitation Deputy Minister, Judith Tshabalala, has ordered the establishment of a task team to work around the clock in a coordinated manner to ensure that the Metz Dam in Limpopo is rehabilitated and to ensure the safety of communities living adjacent to the dam.

Foot condition kicks starts remedy business

Friday, June 30, 2023

A search for solutions to a foot sweat condition has seen a Vereeniging, Gauteng woman develop a treatment product that she now sells to others facing a similar challenge.

Bringing hope to the community of Meloding

Friday, June 30, 2023

A group of women in the Free State are eradicating poverty in Meloding, Virginia, through a community development and nutrition centre that provides daily meals to unemployed and vulnerable residents.