24 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…
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Africa’s Internet registry faces liquidation – MyBroadband
36 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
33 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
39 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
34 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…
Temu local warehouse tested in South Africa
26 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 support…
South Africa’s telcos battle to monetise 5G as 4G suffices for most
43 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 investments…
The South African mobile network operator taking on Takealot and big banks
40 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 to…
Beyond bandwidth: FNOs should prioritise customer service
18 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 data…
Free Wi-Fi and public broadband in South Africa gets R710 million
42 The South African government has allocated R710 million over the medium-term expenditure framework to expand the SA Connect programme. The funds will be used to accelerate the expansion of free broadband…