The South African National Blood Service (SANBS) is going digital to help improve the experience of donating blood. According to the SANBS, more than 900 000 sheets of paper are used annually to capture donor information. It will now be providing donors with digital screens to fill in their details cutting out the long queues and delays. SANBS spokesperson, Khensani Mahlangu says they hope their digital migration will encourage other […]
LOCAL The DA plans to confront the department of communications and digital technologies with a plan to stabilise mobile network services during load-shedding. “These companies are incurring huge costs to keep services running for their customers,” said DA MP Tsholofelo Bodlani, adding she was concerned about the effect on companies' bottom lines and future investments. Cell towers, she said, are either equipped with batteries or generators, meaning when load-shedding occurs […]
LOCAL Alphabet Inc has launched Google Wallet in SA, as the tech giant tries to gain a foothold in the country's rapidly growing digital payments space. The Covid-19 pandemic has accelerated the shift to digital transactions and people increasingly prefer making contactless payments via their smart devices. High smartphone penetration has also helped adoption rates. The Google Wallet app stores a consumer's credit or debit card information and allows shoppers […]
LOCAL The Minister of Communications and Digital Technologies, Khumbudzo Ntshavheni, has announced a new and final deadline of the 30th of September 2022 to apply for government set-top boxes for qualifying low-income households. This comes after the Constitutional Court set aside the Minister’s October 31, 2021 deadline for indigent households’ application government for government set-up boxes. In addition, it annulled the Minister’s earlier decision that established the 30 June 2022 deadline for […]
VOC became the first Muslim radio station in South Africa when a special events license was granted to the station in Ramadan/January 1995. Subsequent temporary broadcast licenses were granted, permitting the station to broadcast for 24 hours.
