From digital IDs to AI-powered crime fighting, here are the key tech takeaways from Sona 2026.
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While its other segments have showed a relatively muted performance, Cell C’s MVNO business is thriving.
South Africa will push ahead with breaking up Eskom and creating a standalone company to run the transmission grid.
Cell C’s first results as a listed company reveal a cleaner balance sheet but a business still searching for momentum.
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Online betting is a growing social problem – and MPs have warned that South African legislation is lagging behind.
Carbon-capture schemes are costly scams that overpromise yet barely reduce global emissions, writes Ivo Vegter.
Mcebisi Jonas has told the Sunday Times that there is a deliberate campaign of “dirty tricks” to discredit South Africa.
Embattled power utility Eskom has notched up something of a milestone in its long and bruising turnaround journey.
A wobble in US technology shares has raised the stakes for Nvidia’s quarterly results on Wednesday.
Spotify will raise prices as it invests in new features and targets a billion users, the Financial Times reported.
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China has set up its third planned state-backed investment fund to boost its semiconductor industry.
Proxy advisory firm Glass Lewis at the weekend urged Tesla shareholders to reject the pay package for Elon Musk.
Shares of Dell hit a record high on Friday amid a rally in companies working on generative AI applications.
Nvidia’s most advanced AI chip it developed for the China market has got off to a weak start amid fierce competition.
A new game, Wordle, is taking Twitter by storm. It’s a word-search game that has a romantic origin story that could rival anything from Shakespeare.
By the end of Netflix’s 45-minute earnings interview on Thursday, its stock was down more than 20% and a pall had been cast over the entertainment industry.
