119 The Free Market Foundation (FMF) is demanding that a national 20% tax for online gambling proposed by the national treasury be withdrawn and reconsidered within South Africa’s existing decentralised regulatory regime….
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What Gen Z really thinks about the tech world it inherited
125 My smartphone is face down on my desk as I write this, not because something is wrong with it but because I am trying to finish one thought without it interrupting…
Showmax ‘can’t continue’ in its current form
120 MultiChoice Group CEO David Mignot has confirmed major changes are coming to the loss-making Showmax platform, reaffirming that the current model is not sustainable. In a wide-ranging interview with TechCentral on…
SABC Plus tops two million registered users
117 SABC Plus, the free online streaming platform, has reached two million registered users, the public broadcaster said in a statement on Thursday. According to the SABC, the SABC Plus platform continues…
MultiChoice scraps annual DStv price hikes for 2026
149 MultiChoice Group CEO David Mignot. Image: (c) Aurelien Pierron For the first time in many years, DStv subscribers will not face a price increase in April – a significant strategic shift…
South Africa’s dynamic spectrum breakthrough
127 The author, Paul Colmer The digital divide in South Africa just got its most credible solution yet. After years of planning, trials and technical validation, dynamic spectrum sharing has moved from…
Blu Label takes R5.2-billion Cell C hit, touts clean slate ahead
132 Blu Label Unlimited Group will post a massive basic earnings loss for the six months to end-November 2025, driven almost entirely by a R5.2-billion accounting hit linked to its disposal of…
MeerKAT detects most powerful natural radio laser ever observed
102 One of the MeerKAT antennas in the Karoo South African astronomers have detected the most distant and powerful natural radio laser ever observed. The signal comes from a galaxy more than…
Customers have new expectations. Is your CX ready?
102 Customer experience has entered an exciting new phase. Technology is now delivering real, practical benefits for both organisations and customers – not through hype, but through better design, smarter integration and…
South Africa’s cybersecurity challenge is not a tool problem
122 South African organisations are investing heavily in cybersecurity. Most large enterprises run multiple platforms across endpoints, cloud, identity, vulnerability management and threat detection. Yet breaches continue to rise, ransomware remains a…