24 Meta Platforms said on Monday it is filing a federal court contempt order against Israeli spyware firm NSO Group for violating a permanent injunction that barred it from ever targeting WhatsApp…
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South Africa’s leap to modern Wi-Fi has barely begun
42 South Africa is the only country on the African continent registering any meaningful use of the latest 6GHz Wi-Fi spectrum – and even its leading position barely shows up on the…
End of the line for the green ID book in South Africa
57 President Cyril Ramaphosa President Cyril Ramaphosa has placed South Africa’s digital identity overhaul at the centre of government’s crackdown on illegal migration, committing to set a date after which the green…
The city that wowed the world in 2010 is now bankrupt
71 Johannesburg As the World Cup kicks off this week in North America, I am reminded of our hosting of the event in 2010. The first match will again be South Africa…
Apple plays AI catch-up as Siri gets a long-awaited reboot
68 When Apple holds its developer conference at its Cupertino, California headquarters on Monday, the big draw will be a widely expected overhaul to Siri, the AI assistant the iPhone maker two…
Entries open for Everlytic’s You Mailed It Email Marketing Awards 2026
63 Calling all marketers, communicators and creative teams – if your e-mails made an impact and stopped the scroll in 2025, now is the time to shine the spotlight on them by…
Finance Transformation Africa charts blueprint for borderless finance
67 Two years after the continent’s banking leaders declared that AI could no longer be a sideline experiment, the 2026 Finance Transformation Africa (FTA) summit will force a harder question: who has…
Every plug-in hybrid on sale in South Africa, ranked by price
118 South Africa’s motoring sector is hitting an inflection point. While full electric vehicles dominate headlines, alternative powertrain technologies are doing the heavy lifting when it comes to shifting consumer behaviour on…
Things got worse under Dada Morero as mayor, says BLSA CEO
98 Dada Morero was elected as City of Joburg Mayor in August 2024 for the second time. Business Leadership South Africa CEO Busisiwe Mavuso says Johannesburg’s financial woes have been years in…
Everyone wants a piece of SpaceX
88 SpaceX has drawn investor demand of about US$150-billion for its IPO, about double the $75-billion it is seeking to raise, according to two people familiar with the matter. An oversubscription rate…