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Software developer jobs are booming in South Africa, but too few qualified candidates are applying, Pnet data shows.
Iran’s crackdown on dissidents is shaping up as one of the toughest security tests yet for Elon Musk’s Starlink.
Consumers are reshaping online payments as merchants race to meet growing demand for flexible digital options.
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Boyce Maneli, who chairs parliament’s portfolio committee on communications, has called for nominations for suitably qualified people to fill four vacancies at the council of Icasa.
The University of Cape Town is launching an “online high school”, offering a free online curriculum to anyone with an Internet connection.
Telkom now has an own-branded music streaming service after reaching an agreement with Joox, owned by China’s Tencent, to launch the offering.
A week of deadly riots could cost South Africa about R50-billion in lost output, while 150 000 jobs have been placed at risk, the presidency said.
Apple will not introduce an updated version of its smaller iPhone mini smartphone next year, after it failed to become popular among consumers, Nikkei reported on Wednesday.
Expectations are again being created that a final decision on the future of e-tolls on the Gauteng Freeway Improvement Project is imminent. We’ve been here before.
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Apple is reportedly spending “hundreds of millions of dollars” to obtain new videogames for its upcoming Apple Arcade subscription service.
President Donald Trump said the US will cut regulations and free up spectrum for 5G technology amid tight competition with China and other nations.
A giant aircraft with the world’s longest wingspan has landed after its first ever flight. The twin-fuselage Stratolaunch jet landed two hours after taking off from Mojave Air and Space Port in California.
Disney has raised the curtain on a hotly anticipated video streaming service.
Convergence Partners’ recently published research report, “Let my people go (online)”, summarised in this piece on TechCentral, presents a provocative but nevertheless incomplete and in some critical aspects misleading characterisations of the requirements and
Very few SA companies are fully compliant with the Protection of Personal Information (PPI) Bill, which is expected to be enacted as legislation later this year. Those that that don’t comply fully could face sizeable fines and individuals could even spend time in prison. The legislation, which will enforce

































