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      5 October 2026
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      1 October 2026
      OpenAI's rogue agent problem keeps getting bigger - Sam Altman

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      28 September 2026
      The new battle over the desktop

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      22 September 2026
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      29 September 2026
      TCS | Octotel's Trevor van Zyl on the fibre merger question

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      16 September 2026
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      9 September 2026
      Rubicon's EV charging network is profitable - and growing fast - Watts & Wheels

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      South Africa's next energy crisis is in the accounts department - Craig Holmes

      South Africa’s next energy crisis is in the accounts department

      29 September 2026
      The steam engine lesson AI doomsayers keep missing - Sam Clarke

      The steam engine lesson AI doomsayers keep missing

      28 September 2026
      The author, Dirk de Vos

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      21 September 2026
      What Revolut can and cannot take from South Africa's banks - Pambos Soteriades

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      15 September 2026
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      14 September 2026
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    Tech billionaires promise AI abundance underwritten by a basic income. Run South Africa’s budget and the thesis unravels.

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    By Nqobile Dludla1 July 2026

    Stellantis MD Mike Whitfield insists the greenfield project is merely on hold, not abandoned, amid market upheaval.

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    TCS+ | How Tracker is turning vehicle data into business strategy

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    A dead MacBook is a business problem - iAssist Apple Repairs

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    By iAssist Apple Repairs1 July 2026

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    South African tech's compounding debt problem - Jannie van Zyl

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    Telkom mistook dominance for permanence and lost to mobile; the mobile operators now face the same test.

    Takealot bets local scale can hold Amazon at bay - Frederik Zietsman

    Takealot Group bets local scale can hold Amazon at bay

    By Fanie van Rooyen30 June 2026

    Takealot is not treating Amazon’s arrival in South Africa as a threat to be survived so much as a contest just getting under way.

    Tony Leon rejects 'state capture' label in Starlink lobbying row

    Tony Leon rejects ‘state capture’ label in Starlink lobbying row

    By Duncan McLeod30 June 2026

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    Vodacom takes the reins at Safaricom

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