6 Views Revenues from online gambling have surged in South Africa in recent years, with the turnover from betting exceeding that of casinos by a substantial margin. Although Internet gambling platforms cannot…
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Legislative overhaul on the cards for South Africa’s ICT sector
6 Views Communications minister Solly Malatsi. Image c/o DCDT The department of communications & digital technologies will host a policy colloquium soon to solicit inputs ahead of a planned overhaul of South…
Africa’s Internet registry faces liquidation – MyBroadband
10 Views IP broker Cloud Innovation has instituted liquidation proceedings against the African Network Information Centre (Afrinic) on Thursday, 10 July, with notice of the action placed in Mauritian newspapers. In a…
Trump tariffs could wreck South Africa’s vehicle manufacturing industry
9 Views Naamsa CEO Mikel Mabasa South African motoring industry lobby body Naamsa has warned that US President Donald Trump’s plan to impose unilateral 30% tariffs on South Africa from 1 August…
Truth about Temu local warehouse launch in South Africa
9 Views While Temu has been promoting the launch of what it terms “local warehouse” in South Africa, it does not actually operate its own distribution centres. The direct-from-China online marketplace said…
Meta to build Manhattan-scale, multi-gigawatt data centres
10 Views Yves Herman/Reuters Mark Zuckerberg said on Monday that Meta Platforms would spend hundreds of billions of dollars to build several massive AI data centres for “superintelligence”, intensifying his pursuit of…
Temu local warehouse tested in South Africa
9 Views MyBroadband tested ordering from Temu sellers who offer “local warehouse” products and was impressed with the quick service, with the parcel arriving within two days. Temu recently launched local warehouse…
South Africa’s telcos battle to monetise 5G as 4G suffices for most
20 Views The relative stability of the power grid, following the worst year of load shedding on record in 2023, has given South African mobile operators more financial room to up their…
The South African mobile network operator taking on Takealot and big banks
9 Views Vodacom is trying several strategies to unlock new areas of growth outside of pure mobile services, while leveraging its cellular network assets, Sanlam Investments portfolio manager Roy Mutooni says. Speaking…
Beyond bandwidth: FNOs should prioritise customer service
3 Views Fibre isn’t a luxury anymore – it’s as critical as water or electricity – but the service offered by South Africa’s fibre operators certainly doesn’t reflect this reality. While specific…