Apple led the market with a 20% share, the largest among the top five brands, according to Counterpoint Research.
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Starlink’s proposed entry into South Africa is facing mounting political backlash, driven by concerns over owner Elon Musk’s conduct and public statements.
Many of South Africa’s listed tech companies performed well in 2025, with some growing their share prices by over 70%.
Attackers are bypassing the very tools for e-mails designed to prevent them from gaining access to businesses.
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MTN South Africa-owned Supersonic has appointed telecommunications industry veteran Megan Nicholas as MD, replacing Calvin Collett.
In a surprise development, Altron has announced that its CEO, Mteto Nyati, will step down at the end of June.
The situation in Johannesburg is bizarre and increasingly untenable.
Austria-based education technology start-up GoStudent has raised €300-million in a new round of funding led by Prosus.
Icasa has appealed to Telkom to abandon its legal action aimed at stopping the upcoming spectrum auction, appealing to its “patriotic conscience”.
Stakeholders have until Friday to submit written comments to energy regulator Nersa on Eskom tariffs that may increase by more than 40%.
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World Wide Web founder Tim Berners-Lee has warned of a “digital dystopia” as he launches a global action plan aimed at tackling misuse of the Web.
China has said it will raise penalties on violations of intellectual property rights in an attempt to address one of the sticking points in trade talks with the US.
Comedian Sacha Baron Cohen has labelled social media companies “the greatest propaganda machine in history”, accusing Facebook, Google and others of facilitating hate on their sites.
Tesla CEO Elon Musk took to the stage late on Thursday to reprise a familiar role: pitching a future vehicle to a throng of adoring fans. This time, it’s the “Cybertruck” – his name for Tesla’s new electric pickup truck.
The stage is set for a final showdown in the protracted war between broadcasters and set-top box manufacturers over the use of encryption based on conditional access (CA) in the set-top boxes that South African consumers will need to buy to continue receiving terrestrial television
Mobile penetration as measured by the number of active Sims in use in sub-Saharan Africa has reached 61% of the population. But this masks the reality that fewer than one in three people in the region actually owns a mobile phone. According to a new research report from
