Weak infrastructure leaves South African businesses vulnerable to cyber hacks, warns BDO’s latest Techtonic States Report.
The ministry will now be known as the Department of Science, Technology and Innovation, after it was proclaimed in the Government Gazette.
The 'Innovation for technology-enabled education executive forum' will be hosted by AWS on 13 September.
The annual event exposed school pupils to opportunities in science, technology, engineering and mathematics.
Vaccine fears addressed by DST
The Department of Science and Technology held a Zoom session on 24 February that was designed to dispel myths about vaccines and other variants.
The fund is designed to largely de-risk the early stages of technology commercialisation and business development.
An international consortium has completed the engineering design work of the Square Kilometre Array's science data processor.
Minister Blade Nzimande encourages South African business to boost investment in innovation to ensure the country becomes more competitive.
Seven students from local universities will be part of the year-long South Africa-China Young Scientists Exchange Programme.
The planned centre, in partnership with the World Economic Forum, will ensure SA quickly moves towards the fourth industrial revolution.
The science and technology ministry and Technology Innovation Agency step up support for local innovators, to ensure their tech inventions are commercialised.
Government gazettes the environmental policy that makes way for phase one construction of the Square Kilometre Array project.
The new science, technology and innovation policy looks to ensure SA benefits from the rapid technological shifts brought by the fourth industrial revolution.