At Drone Con 2017 earlier this year, senior economist Dr. Roelof Botha presented his insightful economic impact study which demonstrated that the South African drone industry could generate more than R2-billion per annum towards the country’s gross domestic product and could create 30 830 employment opportunities every year. Without obstacles, the drone industry could steadily grow at […]
RPAS has lowered operating costs, translating to more and faster-available data, as well as flexibility, improved safety and faster decision-making advantages. Besides stirring up the surveying industry, it continues to infiltrate fields that are still developing applications for UAVs, evolving as a technology and transforming industries along the way. To interrogate how much this […]
Drones are a promising part how we manage our world. They will be the intelligent connection between people, process, data, and things to create new value and opportunities. We asked a number of experts to share their views about various aspects of the drone industry and the application of drones. With the drone market increasing […]
Drone Crew received a Remote Operator Certificate (ROC) from the South African Civil Aviation Authority (SACAA) on 23 October 2015, and are now fully licensed to operate drones in South Africa. The company is the first fully licensed RPAS operator in the South African film industry, and the third fully licensed operator overall (the […]
We live in an era characterised by unprecedented change in the way we go about our daily activities. Cellphone technology in conjunction with the internet has made global information and connectivity available to any person, anywhere, at any time, even in an aircraft. Today, borders only exist in a physical sense, for tangible commodities, […]
The South African Civil Aviation Authority (SACAA) has embarked on a national awareness and education campaign with RPAS regulation workshops scheduled to take place across South Africa in the coming weeks. The first of these took place in Midrand, Gauteng on 23 July 2015, and was attended by more than 200 delegates. The SACAA […]
