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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South Africa and China can boast the longest intercontinental quantum communication link established to date.
Is there a massive undiscovered planet on the outer reaches of the solar system? Astronomers are divided.
Windows 10, once dominant, is now being overtaken by Windows 11. But it’s likely to stick around for years.
Pick n Pay’s e-commerce and on-demand delivery efforts appear to be building up a head of steam.
Technology investor Prosus gained EU antitrust approval on Monday for its bid for Just Eat Takeaway.
Capitec and FNB have signed on for home affairs’ accelerated in-branch smart ID and passport roll-out.
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Google CEO Sundar Pichai is on the cusp of achieving a rare milestone for a non-founder tech executive.
Intel shares had their worst month in over 20 years as the chip maker struggles with executing a turnaround.
A group of newspapers have sued Microsoft and OpenAI, accusing them of misusing reporters’ work to train their AI systems.
Imported cars, many of which are Chinese EVs, are piling up at Europe’s ports, with some spending up to 18 months there.
An extremely expensive game of one-upmanship is being played out in the semiconductor industry where the winners will look like heroes and the rest may not even survive.
Facebook employees have warned for years that it was failing to police abusive content in countries where such speech was likely to cause the most harm, according to internal company documents.
































