Van Zyl Botha explains how Herotel is bringing Amazon Leo to South Africa ahead of its bigger rival, Starlink.
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Icasa has withdrawn the allegation three days after a councillor raised it in parliament, conceding it had done no investigation.
Why 25 million retail clients and a trusted billing relationship may matter more than owning fibre in the ground.
Bank robberies fell to just two incidents in 2025 while digital banking claims climbed to R2.4-billion.
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A Johannesburg company is applying technology to herd management as South Africa fights foot-and-mouth disease.
Usaasa has published a draft manual for how South Africa’s Universal Service Fund should be administered and spent.
IBM shares plunged 13% – their worst day in 25 years – after Anthropic said Claude Code could modernise Cobol systems.
Spar is separating its SAP finance migration from warehouse operations. It is als facing a lawsuit from a major franchisee.
Renewable energy is allowing mining houses to stabilise electricity costs and improve operational resilience.
ASML researchers have found a way to make its critical chip-making machines produce up to 50% more chips.
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Touchcast is raising $100-million from venture backers, including OpenAI investor Microsoft.
Cisco has launched a $1-billion fund to invest in artificial intelligence start-ups.
Pat Gelsinger has fired back at a claim that traditional processors like Intel’s are running out of steam in the AI era.
AMD unveiled its latest AI processors on Monday in a bid to challenge industry leader Nvidia.
Analysing crypto valuation is difficult. There are three main approaches. By Aaron Brown.
Stellenbosch University’s Thinus Booysen and Arnold Rix explain what the power grid is and what keeps it stable – or not.

































