From digital IDs to AI-powered crime fighting, here are the key tech takeaways from Sona 2026.
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Cell C’s first results as a listed company reveal a cleaner balance sheet but a business still searching for momentum.
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.
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Bitcoin hit a record high on Thursday amind increasing expectations for easier monetary policy in the US.
Nedbank has acquired Durban-based payments fintech iKhokha for R1.65-billion in an all-cash deal.
The Rosebank Mall in Johannesburg has unveiled a gigantic new hybrid energy system. TechCentral toured the facility.
South Africa’s energy and mobility sectors are colliding in transformative ways, writes GoSolr’s Patrick Narbel.
Since TechCentral first published a list of every electric car for sale in South Africa in 2022, it has seen huge changes.
Absa will offer cash back to Shoprite Group customers of up to 60% during a two-month launch phase.
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More than 90% of stablecoin transaction volumes aren’t coming from genuine users, according to a new metric.
Jack Dorsey has left the board of social networking service Bluesky, which he helped fund and popularise.
It’s been more than 18 months since Apple last updated its iPad line. The drought ends this Tuesday.
Google has asked a US judge not to impose sweeping changes to its Play store that were proposed by Epic Games.
Stellenbosch University’s Thinus Booysen and Arnold Rix explain what the power grid is and what keeps it stable – or not.
Since 2015, government has granted waivers from emissions limits to Eskom and Sasol. The impact on people’s health and the environment has been grim.
































