17 The author, Workday’s Jannie Malan Artificial intelligence has rapidly moved from boardroom curiosity to boardroom mandate. Across South Africa — from Sandton’s financial district to Cape Town’s technology hubs — executives…
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SA firm opens Africa’s largest space hardware factory
42 Image: NewSpace Systems Somerset West-based spacecraft component maker NewSpace Systems has opened a 5 200sq m manufacturing facility that it claims is the largest commercial space hardware manufacturing plant in Africa. The…
SA braces for impact as rand breaches R17/$ – can gold exports help?
46 When oil prices rise, gold prices tend to rise as well, which can be beneficial for South Africa. The prolonged conflict in the Middle East is tightening its grip on the…
OpenClaw fever grips China
48 Participants hold their laptops as they line up to install and set up OpenClaw, an open-source AI agent, outside the Baidu offices in Beijing. Florence Lo/Reuters Fan Xinquan, a retired electronics…
OpenAI plans desktop ‘super app’
56 OpenAI has confirmed a Wall Street Journal report that it plans to fold its ChatGPT app, coding platform Codex and browser into a single desktop “super app” to simplify user experience. OpenAI…
Judge goes off on body corporate lawyers for bringing R18k claim before high court
54 Could amount to an abuse of process, says court. Lawyers’ fees alone would be multiples of the debt being claimed. Consumer advocates have long complained of the high courts being used…
GWM eyes plant options in South Africa
63 Nqobile Dludla/Reuters Chinese car maker Great Wall Motor (GWM) is weighing whether to share a manufacturing facility with another car maker in South Africa or acquire an existing plant if available…
10 tips for small businesses to survive in a tough economy
65 There is an urgent need to equip entrepreneurs with the right tools. It seems South African entrepreneurs can never catch a break. From navigating a cash-heavy economy to adapting to rapid…
Eskom must build renewables or face extinction: Mteto Nyati
51 Eskom chairman Mteto Nyati Eskom chairman Mteto Nyati has said the establishment of a fourth entity within the utility’s unbundling plan — a dedicated renewables business called Eskom Green — is…
How Acer Africa is bridging the digital divide through local innovation
63 As we power through 2026, I find myself reflecting on a year of “firsts” for Acer Africa. Last year was not merely about shipping units; it was a year where we…