10 The ANC has been criticised for closing ranks at the cost of the country’s national security. Police Minister Senzo Mchunu could become a minister without a portfolio. In a press briefing…
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Meet the South African who started a Silicon Valley AI firm at 22, made it on Forbes and won a Google award
16At 16, she won the Google Science Fair; at 22, she launched her AI company; and at 25, she made it onto the Forbes list. South African Kiara Nirghin has been making…
Unpacking ‘lazy girl jobs’ and why it’s not what it sounds like
11 Although “lazy girl jobs” may sound like a criticism, they are actually a cultural movement that questions traditional work values. Popularised on social media platforms such as TikTok, the phrase relates…
Norma Mngoma compares ex Gigaba to Diddy in shock tell-all
9 Norma Mngoma has compared her ex-husband, Malusi Gigaba, to disgraced US rapper Diddy over his use of baby oil in the bedroom. She’s also detailed his alleged love of porn, mistresses,…
Interesting trend in online gambling in South Africa
8 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 obtain…
Legislative overhaul on the cards for South Africa’s ICT sector
8 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…
Africa’s Internet registry faces liquidation – MyBroadband
15 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 statement…
Trump tariffs could wreck South Africa’s vehicle manufacturing industry
10 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 could…
Truth about Temu local warehouse launch in South Africa
11 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 it…
Meta to build Manhattan-scale, multi-gigawatt data centres
10 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 a…