A sharply weaker rand and surging global chip prices are set to push tech costs sharply higher in South Africa.
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GoMetro plans to begin operating its eKamva electric minibus taxis on Cape Town routes from October.
HealthBridge CTO Anton Fatti discusses how AI is reshaping medical practices – and why the doctor-patient relationship must come first.
A new paper by the Reserve Bank argues that South Africa’s market-driven approach to open banking is limiting in its reach.
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JSE-listed technology and telecommunications companies generate a combined R2.2-billion in revenue daily.
Somerset West-based NewSpace Systems has opened what it says is Africa’s largest space manufacturing facility.
OpenClaw, the AI agent dubbed “the next ChatGPT”, has captured the imagination of millions in China.
OpenAI plans to merge ChatGPT, Codex and its browser into a single desktop “super app”.
Could MTN’s sharp Ebitda decline be blamed in part on a prepaid feature Telkom offered all along?
Eskom board chairman Mteto Nyati says the utility’s new renewables entity is about long-term survival.
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OpenAI will begin showing ads to all users of the free and Go versions of ChatGPT in the US in the coming weeks.
A mystery AI model that fuelled DeepSeek speculation is revealed to be from smartphone giant Xiaomi.
A powerful AI model that appeared anonymously on a developer platform last week has sparked speculation.
Samsung has reportedly pulled the plug on its trifold phone after just three months, citing unsustainable production costs.
Vibe coding and AI agents are upending software development — and the implications for jobs are profound, says iqbusiness’s Morgan Goddard.
National treasury has stepped in to assist the state-owned broadcasting signal distributor.

































