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Author Archives: Beverley Houston
Crimson Education
IOL coverage: How a teen used the lockdown to create a platform which focuses on tackling social justice issues
Southdowns College High School student, Bernhard van der Walt, 18, used his time during lockdown to build and launch an online news publication, Liberty Report, with a focus on uplifting marginalised groups and tackling social justice issues. The platform provides reliable and informative articles on the world’s current affairs – from the perspective of young READ MORE >
Brew Kombucha
Bizcommunity coverage: Conscious consumers driving sustainability in the beverage industry
“Young consumers are recognising the role that individual choices make in combatting climate change. By supporting businesses that do the work of being sustainable on their behalf, they are enforcing meaningful, demand-driven change – instead of relying solely on NGOs and NPOs to push green policies,” says Alex Glenday, director at Brew Kombucha, South Africa’s READ MORE >
Cape Town-based online payment processing service PayFast has reported an increase of 412% in transactions made via Masterpass between March 2020 to February 2021. This is a clear indication of the impacts of the pandemic on the eCommerce sector and how digital payments have become a popular mechanism for both businesses and consumers. To read the READ MORE >
Deputy President David Mabuza recently visited the Biovac Institute’s storage facility, which now has a good storage facility for Johnson & Johnson vaccines. Bongani speaks to Biovac Institute CEO Dr Morena Makhoana. To hear the full interview, click here
International Mother Language Day, celebrated annually on 21 February, aims to promote awareness around linguistic and cultural diversity, promoting the preservation and protection of all languages. Through Natural Language Processing (NLP), a technology that allows computers to effectively understand the way humans speak and interact, companies can bridge the language gap between cultures, encouraging diversity READ MORE >
The so-called “sober curious” movement is gathering pace in the beverage sector as more individuals opt to lower their alcohol intake or remove it altogether. That is according to the director at Brew Kombucha, Alex Glenday. With increased interest in living healthier lifestyles, especially amid a global pandemic, millennial and Gen Z South Africans are READ MORE >
Biovac
702. coverage: Tight security in place as COVID-19 vaccine is stored and distributed by Biovac
CEO Dr Morena Makhoana reflects on how the company will store and distribute the vaccines. The first consignment of the COVID-19 vaccines arrived at OR Tambo International Airport on Monday afternoon. Frontline healthcare workers are first in line for vaccination and will get two jabs four weeks apart. Biovac, a Cape Town based bio-pharmaceutical company, READ MORE >
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is gaining notable momentum across a number of industries. The past year saw rapid digital transformation spurred by COVID-19, with new technologies being adopted almost overnight. Entering 2021, the same upward trajectory can be expected as AI becomes an increasingly normal part of society. “In the past, many companies have dipped their READ MORE >
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is gaining notable momentum across a number of industries. In the past year, we saw rapid digital transformation spurred by Covid-19, with new technologies being adopted almost overnight. As we enter 2021, the same upward trajectory can be expected, as AI becomes an increasingly normal part of our daily lives. Due to READ MORE >