196 Iran’s crackdown on dissidents is shaping up as one of the toughest security tests yet for Elon Musk’s Starlink, which has served as a lifeline against state-imposed internet blackouts since its…
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Good time to review SA’s prime reference rate – economist
217 South African banking customers have been paying a prime rate of the repo rate plus 3.5% since 2001. Is it time for a change? Now is a good time to review…
Breathalysers in taxi industry and total ban on drinking and driving touted
197 To curb road fatalities. A total ban on any drinking and driving is coming for South African motorists while breathalysers are to be installed in taxi vehicles that will prevent drivers…
Empower the poor with title deeds, says ex-banker Jordaan
221 It will unlock ‘massive capital’. Heavyweight venture capitalist and ex-banker Michael Jordaan likes to share his views on X, starting 2026 with a post on the controversial issue that government must…
South Africa is running out of developers
232 Anja Bates, head of data at Pnet A new report from Pnet shows that software development jobs are highly available but there is little competition for them among jobseekers. The difference…
Wikipedia moves to monetise AI giants’ reliance on its content
226 Wikipedia on Thursday unveiled partnerships with several big tech companies including Microsoft, Meta and Amazon, marking a major step up in the non-profit’s ability to monetise tech firms’ reliance on its…
World Bank slightly raises economic growth forecast for SA
213 The regional economy in Sub-Sahara Africa is forecast to expand by 4.3% in 2026, up from the World Bank’s previous projection of 4.1% and an estimated 4.0% in 2025. The World…
Shoppers forcing merchants to adopt new digital payment methods
242 Mpho Sadiki, MD for Payfast Whereas merchants and industry usually push digital innovation, consumers are driving merchants to innovate in online payments. The proliferation of digital tools is upending the online…
Tax frustration spills out into the open …
243 Open letter to the taxman hits a nerve, confirming systemic flaws in tax administration. A candid letter from a seasoned tax practitioner who worked for the South African Revenue Service (Sars)…
AI, automation and the agentic operating model
233 Steve Burke, is the executive for agentic automation at iqbusiness For more than a decade, automation inside banks has been used discreetly and on a distributed basis, principally for task automation….