AmaRadio

SA's free streaming radio player

South Africans at home and abroad can now easily use the internet to listen to and even record their favourite local radio stations, thanks to a free, small and easy-to-use programme, "AmaRadio", that was created by local developer Gary James.

HBD backs catering software firm

HBD Venture Capital, the venture capital company founded by "space tourist" Mark Shuttleworth, has announced a R9-million investment in technology start-up orderTalk, a creator of highly sophisticated online restaurant ordering software that has its back office operations in Cape Town.

Software that speaks 'local'

Software developer Translate.org.za has been honoured once more for translating software like Firefox and OpenOffice.org into indigenous languages, as well as developing South Africa's first multilingual keyboard.

Innovators aim for cheaper steel

The Industrial Development Corporation and a new South African company aim to break the domestic steel monopoly by investing R100-million in a project that uses a locally developed process to convert tailings from iron ore mining into high-quality iron ore units.

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