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      South Africa's ATM network faces its biggest overhaul in decades

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      16 October 2026
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      The R77 000 iPhone has arrived in South Africa

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      Africa’s mobile operators pay more for less spectrum, GSMA says

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      Netflix is losing the battle for your screen time

      16 October 2026
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      Safaricom control to stay with Vodacom until appeal

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      AI is now propping up the world economy, says IMF

      12 October 2026
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      9 October 2026
      The AI PC is finally here. It's just very expensive - Jensen Huang, Satya Nadella

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      8 October 2026
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      The internet has a Strait of Hormuz problem

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      15 July 2026
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      9 October 2026
      TCS | Frogfoot sees bigger fibre deals coming - TechCentral Show guests Abraham van der Merwe and Shane Chorley

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      8 October 2026
      Meet the CIO | Vodacom's Mohamed Sami on the agentic future

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      5 October 2026
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      1 October 2026
      TCS | Dominic White and Adam Ely on AI agents going rogue

      TCS | Dominic White and Adam Ely on AI agents going rogue

      29 September 2026
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      9 October 2026
      Let South Africans jailbreak their way to digital sovereignty - Dirk de Vos

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      5 October 2026
      South Africa's next energy crisis is in the accounts department - Craig Holmes

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

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      28 September 2026
      Let South Africans jailbreak their way to digital sovereignty - Dirk de Vos

      Regulating AI: apply the laws we have first

      21 September 2026
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    Linux is gaining ground on the desktop as it becomes easier to use and as Microsoft’s attention shifts towards cloud services.

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    Letter to the editor: let the digital nomads roam free

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    Data sovereignty in South Africa is not an address

    15 October 2026
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    AI is only as good as your asset data

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