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Software developer jobs are booming in South Africa, but too few qualified candidates are applying, Pnet data shows.
Consumers are reshaping online payments as merchants race to meet growing demand for flexible digital options.
Solar parks and grid-scale batteries are set to deliver significant new capacity to South Africa’s grid in 2026.
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Government wants 2G and 3G mobile networks in South Africa shut down by 31 December 2027.
Government is moving to establish the ground rules for spectrum trading and spectrum sharing in South Africa.
Higher coverage levels are threatened by permitting regimes and possible overbuild, according to a new white paper.
The ANC looks set to fall well short of obtaining a parliamentary majority for the first time since it came to power.
South Africans vote in an election on Wednesday that looks set to reshape the political landscape.
Botswana has granted a licence to SpaceX’s Starlink unit. There’s still no word on its licensing in South Africa.
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Investors are facing a make or break week for some of Wall Street’s most influential technology stocks.
Nigerians’ passion for cryptocurrencies doesn’t extend to the central bank offering.
Apple plans to set up solar and wind projects and has called on its suppliers to decarbonise their operations.
Toyota is considering a reboot of its electric-car strategy to better compete in a booming market it has been slow to enter, sources said.
Using observations spanning a period of four years, a team of researchers from Italy found evidence of a large lake of salty water, buried 1.5km beneath Mars’s southern polar cap. But does it contain life?
There’s a great deal of uncertainty about how the uptake of automation technology may further drive inequality and preserve the asymmetry in South Africa’s economy.

































