Do you remember the first mobile phones that were commercially available around the early 2000s? They were big, clunky and largely utilitarian. You could make and receive calls, send SMS text messages (remember those?) and possibly lose a couple hours playing Snake....

Most scholars agree that, in the Digital Age, information has become our main form of currency and, as the principal force behind economic, social and cultural development, this certainly appears to be the case. Indeed, with the advent of the Internet and the World...

Among CENTURION’s oeuvre of gate automation solutions spanning more than three decades, the latest addition to the company’s pantheon stands out as its magnum opus; a gate motor built for speed and performance, crafted for excellence, ruggedly robust and endlessly...

Winter is here. For some, it signals a welcome reprieve from the often-stifling South African heat and brings with it a certain cosiness, while others might not be so keen on the arrival of Jack Frost and his frigid ministrations. Whatever your feelings towards the...

We all know that there are times and situations where being punctual is everything. Whether it’s to make a good first impression, or to maintain the equilibrium of our daily routine, no one likes running late or, even worse, being rendered completely unable to make an...

Whether customers or employees, people are the lifeblood of any organisation. Sure, a business might make furniture, fix computers, or, as in our case, manufacture industry-leading security equipment, but, in the end, it’s flesh and blood human beings that make the...

When technology first became the primary propellant behind societal progress at the dawn of the Industrial Revolution, it was largely a matter of utility, of the ends justifying the means. The innovations of the day were resource-heavy and devoured power with a...

Technology is constantly changing and evolving. We are forever making new discoveries, breaking new ground, innovating and exploring. To quote the celebrated English poet and painter William Blake (1757-1827): “What is now proved was once only imagined”. Indeed, in a...

When our brand new D5 SMART sliding gate motor was launched to an eager public at the CENTURION-hosted Access Automation Expo earlier this year, it was presented as a “blockbuster” product and, like a true blockbuster, it is reshaping and redefining the “genre” in...

As South Africans, load shedding has become such a big part of our lives that it has spawned an entirely new brand of local meta-humour predicated on poking fun at the paucity of power. But, while we may make light (pardon the pun) of an increasingly dire situation,...