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Icasa has withdrawn the allegation three days after a councillor raised it in parliament, conceding it had done no investigation.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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Automated dispatch technology is gaining ground in South Africa as crime drives a surge in security callouts.
BluEnergy Trading has been granted a multi-year energy trading licence, allowing it to buy and sell power.
iOCO has expanded its operations in Saudi Arabia, growing its cloud practice there through a partnership with AWS.
Starlink has intensified its campaign to secure a South African operating licence amid ongoing regulatory delays.
Telkom Group’s mobile business has passed 25 million subscribers for the first time, powered by strong data growth.
Andrew Baker takes over from Wim de Bruyn, who will now head a different executive portfolio within the bank.
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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.
Google and Meta Platforms have held discussions with major Hollywood studios about licensing content.
The techno-anarchist pioneers of cryptocurrencies believed they were creating a new form of unregulated, decentralised money. They couldn’t have been more wrong.
The world’s richest countries are courting South Africa as a model of how to transition to a more climate-friendly future from a dependency on coal. It’s a pity about the politics, then.

































