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      Work begins on what will be Africa's biggest airport

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      3 December 2025
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    DFA reboots network with R800-million overhaul

    By Staff Reporter6 August 2025

    Dark Fibre Africa said an R800-million upgrade to its network is helping it put instability issues in recent years firmly behind it.

    Fireball over South Africa - giant meteor caught on CCTV

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    Residents in four provinces have reported a large, fiery meteor streaking across the sky in the early hours of Sunday morning.

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    By Agency Staff6 August 2025

    OpenAI’s GPT-5, the latest instalment of the AI technology that powers the ChatGPT juggernaut, is set for an imminent release.

    AI adoption is about people - Andy Mabaso Altron

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    By Altron6 August 2025

    Empowering people is key to building safe, AI-native organisations across Africa, writes Altron’s Andy Mabaso.

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    By Nkosinathi Ndlovu6 August 2025

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    MTN beefs up security to fight ID fraud

    MTN beefs up security to fight ID fraud

    By Staff Reporter6 August 2025

    MTN South Africa is beefing up security at customer touchpoints in an effort to fight fraud and make its services more efficient.

    Big security changes coming to WhatsApp

    Big security changes coming to WhatsApp

    By Staff Reporter6 August 2025

    WhatsApp is introducing a range of upgrades designed to fight criminal scammers and other forms of fraud on the platform.

    OpenAI drops first open models since GPT-2 – and they run on laptops

    By Agency Staff6 August 2025

    OpenAI has released two open-weight language models optimised to run on laptops.

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    By Agency Staff6 August 2025

    OpenAI is said to be in early discussions about a stock sale that could value the company at about $500-billion.

    The future of African banking runs on clean, reliable and efficient power - Schneider Electric

    Future of African banking runs on clean, reliable and efficient power  

    By Schneider Electric6 August 2025

    Stable power is crucial for secure, uninterrupted financial services.

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