Shortly after 2pm, the currency was trading at R16.78/$, continuing a firming trend that started in April.
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Presidency spokesman Vincent Magwenya has urged restraint on focusing on Starlink, saying multiple satellite providers are eyeing investment in South Africa.
Renewable capacity continues to expand as government advances transmission expansion and private sector participation initiatives nationwide.
Wiocc Group has secured $65-million in debt financing to expand open-access digital infrastructure across Africa.
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OpenAI has launched GPT-5.2 with stronger intelligence and coding capabilities amid intensifying competition from Google.
BCX CEO Jonas Bogoshi is clear-eyed about the challenges and the opportunities facing the South African IT services provider.
South Africa doesn’t need to copy/paste the Australian ban, but it does need a coherent national strategy for child safety online.
Time magazine named the architects of AI its “Person of the Year”, citing their ability to deliver the age of thinking machines.
Vodacom South Africa has given its post-paid customers notice that it will increase prices at above inflation.
Sebenza’s partnership with Toyota is going to speed up activation as the taxi Wi-Fi service scales nationwide.
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Oracle’s revenue and profit forecasts disappoint investors as soaring AI data-centre spending outpaces expected returns.
Nvidia’s older H200 chips have been cleared for China as new Blackwell models remain tightly restricted.
IBM is said to be in advanced talks to acquire data infrastructure company Confluent for about $11-billion.
Amazon and Google have introduced a multi-cloud networking service to meet growing demand for reliable connectivity.
