Software developer jobs are booming in South Africa, but too few qualified candidates are applying, Pnet data shows.
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Stable electricity supply and an enabling macroeconomic environment have laid the groundwork for the sector’s continued growth in 2026.
South Africa’s fibre market is entering an “Open Access 2.0” era shaped by scale, behaviour and enforcement.
Elon Musk is suing OpenAI and Microsoft, arguing their profits stem from his early funding and support.
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Vodacom and Discovery have struck a partnership to offer free virtual doctor consultations to South Africans concerned that they may have contracted Covid-19.
Cape Town mobile marketing platform provider Mobiz has raised US$1-million (about R18-million) in a funding round from Kalon Venture Partners.
Cell C has made what it calls a “voluntary offer” to the Competition Commission over data prices, which will see prepaid customers getting free “lifeline” data, albeit very limited.
Fibre network operators Vumatel and SA Digital Villages will in future operate as a single entity following the transfer of the SADV wholesale fibre assets to Vumatel.
Eskom has told operators of some independent wind-power plants that it won’t need their power at certain times of day due to lower demand amid a national shutdown.
Telkom will fight the South African Revenue Service in the constitutional court after an adverse judgment handed down against it at the supreme court of appeal that could severely dent its cash flow.
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Investors on Tuesday seemed excited that LG Display Co may have decided to spend four trillion won to build out its OLED production capacity
US homeland security secretary John Kelly has said he may ban laptop computers in the cabins of all international flights into and out of the US amid continuing terrorist threats to bring down aeroplanes, but that a final decision hadn’t been made
British Airways said many of its computer systems are running again as the carrier pushed to recover from a massive technology failure that disrupted hundreds of flights and stranded thousands of passengers worldwide over the past two days
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg told Harvard graduates on Thursday that they need to help others find purpose in a world where machines are taking away some of the steady jobs and communities
