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11
Jun

Curro Sealed Victory in International Minecraft Friendly

June 11, 2021
In a first for South African esports, a local group of learners battled it out against an American school district in the world of Minecraft. The Minecraft Esports International Battle on Friday, 4 June 2021, saw a team composed of Curro learners be crowned as champions over a group of learners from the Fresno Unified School...
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01
Apr

Pretoria Learner Shines at International Artificial Intelligence Challenge

April 1, 2021
Curro Academy Pretoria learner shines in International Artificial Intelligence challenge Monday, 29 March 2021: Known by some as the “Olympics of Technology”, the Imagine Cup Junior Virtual Artificial Intelligence Hackathon, Girls Edition 2021, provides learners with a platform to bring their ideas to life, and Curro Academy Pretoria’s Grade 11 learner, Tsakane Koko and her team made...
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29
Mar

Where Does SA Rank on Cybersecurity Safety?

March 29, 2021
Comparitech has conducted its annual study of 75 countries examining cybersecurity factors including malware infection rates, phishing attacks, spam emails, cyber attack preparedness and cybersecurity legislation. South Africa ranked #24, scoring 20.29 (for context, the lower the score the better for example the most cybersecure country Denmark scored 3.56). Here are the full findings: https://www.comparitech.com/blog/vpn-privacy/cybersecurity-by-country/  
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10
Nov

SA Pioneers Robotic Surgery

November 10, 2020
Hospital marks milestone 150 robotic-arm assisted surgeries More mountains to climb and motorbike rides for patients after hip and knee replacements  Tuesday, 10 November 2020, The Johannesburg hospital where Africa’s first robotic-arm assisted total knee replacement surgery was performed a little over a year ago, recently reached a milestone 150 life-changing hip and knee replacements...
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02
Jun

SANSA: Matjiesfontein

June 2, 2020
Hosting of Deep Space Ground Station 2.1.        Cabinet approved that the South African National Space Agency (SANSA) enter into a partnership with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration to host a Deep Space Ground Station. The station, which will be based in Matjiesfontein in the Western Cape, will support human spaceflight missions to the Moon, Mars...
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20
Aug

NASA astronaut to visit SA

August 20, 2018
NASA Astronaut Returns for Living Maths Space Tour August 2018 Following the sold-out, three-city 2017 tour, former NASA astronaut Dr Don Thomas will be returning to South Africa, for the Living Maths Space Tour 2018, from 16 to 27 September. STEAM-based NGO Living Maths, will be giving South Africans the rare opportunity to meet a...
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10
Aug

Data Science Academy launched

August 10, 2018
SA’S FIRST ACADEMY FOCUSED ON DATA SCIENCE LAUNCHED IN CAPE TOWN Unique recruitment approach means underprivileged young South Africans get a shot at the digital economy 2017 marked the launch of the Explore Data Science Academy, South Africa’s first exclusively data science training institution, and an opportunity for 100 young South Africans to embark on...
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16
Jul

MeerKat stalks Milky Way

July 16, 2018
MeerKAT radio telescope inaugurated in South Africa – reveals clearest view yet of center of the Milky Way Deputy President of the Republic of South Africa, Mr David Mabuza, today officially inaugurated the MeerKAT radio telescope. After a decade in design and construction, this project of South Africa’s Department of Science and Technology has now begun...
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13
Apr

Hubsite – what is that?

April 13, 2018
Launch of South African ‘hubsites’ provides one-stop information spot for all things local “I created On South Africa to empower, uplift and support South African businesses and charities, and to allow people the opportunity to follow their dreams. On South Africa is one simple, easy-to-use platform where businesses of all sizes are given equal opportunity...
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20
Mar

SA Keeping up with the times

March 20, 2018
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Steuart as a speaker

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Steuart has done some 500 talks on South Africa’s progress since 1994 and SA’s prospects for the future

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