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      What Gen Z really thinks about the tech world it inherited - Tinashe Mazodze

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      Free Market Foundation slams treasury's proposed gambling tax

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      20 February 2026
      South Africa's dynamic spectrum breakthrough - Paul Colmer

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      18 February 2026
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      17 February 2026
      Russia bans WhatsApp

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      12 February 2026
      EU regulators take aim at WhatsApp

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      21 January 2026
      The top-performing South African tech shares of 2025

      The top-performing South African tech shares of 2025

      12 January 2026
      Digital authoritarianism grows as African states normalise internet blackouts

      Digital authoritarianism grows as African states normalise internet blackouts

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      TechCentral's South African Newsmakers of 2025

      TechCentral’s South African Newsmakers of 2025

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      Black Friday goes digital in South Africa as online spending surges to record high

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      Watts & Wheels S1E4: ‘We drive an electric Uber’

      10 February 2026
      TCS+ | How Cloud On Demand is helping SA businesses succeed in the cloud - Xhenia Rhode, Dion Kalicharan

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      30 January 2026
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      23 January 2026

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      20 January 2026
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      A million reasons monopolies don’t work

      10 February 2026
      The author, Business Leadership South Africa CEO Busi Mavuso

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      9 February 2026
      South Africa's skills advantage is being overlooked at home - Richard Firth

      South Africa’s skills advantage is being overlooked at home

      29 January 2026
      Why Elon Musk's Starlink is a 'hard no' for me - Songezo Zibi

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      26 January 2026
      A million reasons monopolies don't work - Duncan McLeod

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