Standard Bank Group spending on tech rose 8.7% in 2025 while it extended the life of its South African core banking system.
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Raids and court convictions have occurred in the Western Cape as MultiChoice targets illegal streaming operations.
Vodacom says it has achieved 5G upload speeds above 250Mbit/s, though the technology is not yet being deployed commercially.
A UCT-led team has used South Africa’s MeerKAT and Salt to reveal a vast hidden supercluster lurking behind the Milky Way.
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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.
The retail group, which owns PEP and Ackermans, sells seven of every 10 prepaid smartphones in South Africa.
The embattled Post Office has been granted an extension to a monopoly that it appears powerless to enforce.
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Tencent plans to sell all or a bulk of its R400-billion stake in food delivery firm Meituan to placate domestic regulators, sources said.
It looks like ethereum’s mega-upgrade is happening. Finally. After years of delays, the “Merge” seems all but certain to take place in September.
An old adage is making the rounds once again in the crypto sphere: institutional investors are back.
Just 18 months ago, Tencent Holdings was on the cusp of becoming Asia’s second trillion-dollar company. No more.
Only one number matters at Netflix, and that number is booming. It’s almost enough to make Netflix doubters like me throw in the towel. Almost. Netflix signed up 26m net new subscribers for its streaming video service
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