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12 September 2018
South Africa • South Africa has launched a multimillion Rand global project in radio astronomy that will conduct groundbreaking science in astrophysics. To be located at the Square Kilometre Array (SKA) ...

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Conical Technologies and Mini Circuits invest in education
15 August 2018, Editor's Choice
Daniel Haywood, CEO of Conical Technologies, distributor of Mini-Circuits, said they have made this commitment because they believe it is essential to invest in education in South Africa.

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Win a single-wire EEPROM evaluation kit
15 August 2018
The DM160232 serial memory single-wire evaluation kit from Microchip Technology is an easy-to-use interactive user tool, which demonstrates the advanced features, functionality and low-power operation ...

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From the Editor's desk: Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned
15 August 2018, Technews Publishing
With South Africa celebrating Women’s Day on 9 August, and in fact the entire month as Women’s Month, I would like to take this opportunity to honour some of history’s most famous female engineers and ...

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Input invited for SADC engineering study
15 August 2018
In 2011, the SADC (Southern African Development Community) ministers of science and technology endorsed an engineering needs and numbers study, to get a better understanding of the actual numbers of engineers, ...

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Wits researchers look to photonics to bridge digital divide
15 August 2018, Editor's Choice, Telecoms, Datacoms, Wireless, IoT
Africa has 20% of the world’s population but only 4% of its Internet data access. This digital divide, with low Internet connectivity reach, particularly in rural areas, is both economic and geographic ...

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CSIR showcases mine safety technologies
15 August 2018
The topic of safety in mines has been in the South African news for all the wrong reasons, not just lately, but for much too long and at the cost of far too many lives. The CSIR has been developing a ...

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Competition challenges use of technology to make music
15 August 2018, RS South Africa
RS Components has launched a global design challenge on its DesignSpark engineering and maker community website, offering a winning prize worth £1500 of products from the RS range. The 'Summer of Sound' ...

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Female SA coding champs heading for Amsterdam
15 August 2018
Girlcode, a social enterprise that aims to empower young girls and women through technology, has announced the national winners of it its 5th annual Hackathon. The grand prize-winning team, ‘Lightbulb’, ...

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Stellenbosch University promotes tech innovation with new ‘Makerspace’
15 August 2018, RS South Africa
Stellenbosch University’s LaunchLab has partnered with RS Components to introduce its ‘Makerspace’ to the world. The LaunchLab was born from an initiative called Innovus, the industry interaction and ...

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Startup programme for Altair software
15 August 2018
Altair announced the immediate availability of its simulation-driven innovation software to qualified startup companies through its newly formed Altair Startup Programme. Tailored specifically to the ...

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Government sacks USAASA board
15 August 2018
The board of the Universal Service and Access Agency of South Africa (USAASA), has been dissolved by the minister of telecommunications and postal services, Dr Siyabonga Cwele. USAASA is the body responsible ...

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Electronics news digest
15 August 2018
Overseas    Business • Silicon Labs reported financial results for its second quarter ended 30 June 2018. Revenue established a new all-time record, achieving the high end of guidance at $217 million, ...

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Events
15 August 2018
Innovation in Industry    7 September 2018    Nelson Mandela University    Technical conference focused on sharing applications of new technology being used in the South African arena.    Register at http://iic.mandela.ac.za...

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SA buys R1 billion entrance ticket to fourth industrial revolution
18 July 2018, Editor's Choice
Yekani has outgrown its contract manufacturing roots and is fast becoming a major player in the South African OEM market.

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Minister dismayed at local content in STBs
18 July 2018, Editor's Choice
Communications minister, Nomvula Mokonyane, expressed her concern about the lack of adherence to the 30% local content manufacturing rule on the part of some digital TV set-top box suppliers.

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The impact of localisation on revenue and supply chain
18 July 2018, Altron Arrow, Editor's Choice
The unforeseen impact of government’s localisation initiative is the need for creative supply chain and inventory management processes that align the time factor of project cash out- and in-flows.

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From the editor’s desk: Jackson’s left hand rule
18 July 2018, Technews Publishing
It is strange how sometimes, after first noticing something you hadn’t noticed before, it seems to pop up all over the place. It has been dubbed the Baader-Meinhof phenomenon, and it’s not so much a case ...

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Electronics news digest
18 July 2018
South Africa • Würth Elektronik eiSos announced the appointment of NuVision Electronics (pictured) as a new South African distribution partner. “In our joint vision to build strong, service-focused relationships ...

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RS launches e-commerce website for sub-Saharan Africa
18 July 2018, RS South Africa
RS Components was founded as Radiospares in 1937 as a supplier of parts to the burgeoning radio market, and has evolved into a global distribution enterprise with operations in Europe, North America, ...

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