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    I am not 100% sure but wasn't the encrypted set top box used to decrypt M-Net analogue TV signals developed by Multichoice back in the 80s?
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    Helikon vortex separation process
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    The Duckworth-Lewis System...

    Maybe speak to the guys at PM http://www.popularmechanics.co.za/fe...an-inventions/
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    Mark Shuttleworth for Thawte, the first Certification Authority to sell public SSL certificates.

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    The Joule car (http://www.optimalenergy.com/why/)

    Unfortunately the project has been binned due to finance issues (http://www.businessday.co.za/Article...aspx?id=169934)

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    Now your members have to research your articles for you rpm? myBB is going to the dogs.
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    Quote Originally Posted by AcidRaZor View Post
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    isnt hawkeye also developed by a south african person/company?

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    Postillion (payments software, now an international banking standard) - created by a South African (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willem_Van_Biljon)
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    Quote Originally Posted by akescpt View Post
    isnt hawkeye also developed by a south african person/company?
    The ball/sport camera prediction thing? That's UK I think.
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    Quote Originally Posted by akescpt View Post
    isnt hawkeye also developed by a south african person/company?
    They were describing it as British.
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    Q20 is hardly an invention. It's a brand of multi-purpose lubricant. It's hardly the only one, it's just SAs favourite one.
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