Section 189 protects against retrenchments in South Africa. But natural attrition needs no consultation, and AI is accelerating it.
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Industry warns national treasury’s biggest exchange-control rewrite in 60 years could undo South Africa’s hard-won crypto gains.
The bitter legal fight between Elon Musk and OpenAI may come down to a few pages in one executive’s personal diary.
Communications minister Solly Malatsi has promised “consequence management” for officials responsible.
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MVNO challengers are winning over consumers disaffected by poor service from South Africa’s big telecoms operators.
Naspers has declared and finalised a five-for-one share split, saying the move will make the stock more accessible to investors.
The pieces are finally moving into place for one of the most significant media deals in South African corporate history.
The Competition Commission’s Hardin Ratshisusu has warned that getting AI regulation wrong could stifle innovation.
Dan Marokane has again pledged that the state-owned power utility will hold future electricity tariff hikes below 10%.
Google parent Alphabet hit a market capitalisation of $3-trillion for the first time on Monday.
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Microsoft and OpenAI are working on plans for a data centre project that could cost as much as $100-billion.
Sam Bankman-Fried was sentenced to 25 years in prison by a judge on Thursday for stealing $8-billion.
Apple will hold its Worldwide Developers Conference, WWDC 2024, in June.
Elon Musk said xAI chatbot Grok will be enabled for all premium subscribers of his social media platform X.
Pandemics don’t cause riots. They do, though, create the perfect conditions for turmoil in fragile societies that are already powder kegs of sky-high unemployment, and where Covid-19 has inevitably hit the poor hardest.
The mayhem of the last few days is a reminder of the danger that South Africa continues to live with, as well as an indication of the disfigurement of its law enforcement institutions.
