Multiple Google services and websites including YouTube, Gmail, Google Assistant, and Google Docs were down for around an hour on Monday morning after being hit with a widespread outage. Google acknowledged the issues with Gmail, affecting both its business and personal services, at 6:55AM ET, and said the problem was fixed for the “vast majority” of users...
Day: <span>14 December 2020</span>
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Clicks to help Governments to Distribute and Administer the Covid-19 vaccine
SA’s largest pharmaceutical retailer Clicks says it is in talks with the government to help distribute vaccines for the coronavirus once they are available. This comes as major vaccine developers await approval from medical authorities and as parts of South Africa are in the grips of a second wave of infection. More than 22,200 people have...
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Nedbank launches USSD home-loan calculator for low-income households
Aspirant homebuyers can now calculate their home loan repayment plans by dialing Nedbank’s new USSD code on their phone, a move that opens access to homeownership for low income earners, the bank said. The bank’s move coincides with the low interest rate environment in the property market that has provided a boost for the local...
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Every Household should be Taxed to Fund SABC – ANC
The ANC wants taxpayers fund the SABC through a “household levy” which every home in South Africa would be forced to pay, reports the Sunday Times. The ANC’s national executive committee (NEC) included this in its draft resolutions from a meeting which took place this past week. The proposal reportedly claims that the government should introduce...
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Deepak Chopra: 3 things great leaders do to set their teams up for success
Whether you’ve been doing it for decades or stepping into the role for the first time, managing a team is hard work. It requires practice and the strengthening of essential skills such as communication, coaching, delegating, and emotional intelligence. “The goal of every leader should be to help people grow their skills, while also fostering a culture that...
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eNCA Tap into Innovative Tech to Improve their News Coverage
eNCA is on the verge of taking news coverage to new technological heights with its innovative use of one of the largest video walls in Africa and also with the launch of Arti, an augmented reality (AR) data reporting system. ews broadcasting technologies driven by artificial intelligence (AI) and augmented reality (AR) are being introduced...