378 Everyone agrees that small and medium enterprises are the backbone of the South African economy. But the reality on the ground tells a different story – too many small businesses are…
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OpenAI takes the fight to Elon Musk
271 Elon Musk. David Swanson/Reuters OpenAI has urged the California and Delaware attorneys-general in the US to consider investigating Elon Musk and his associates’ “improper and anticompetitive behavior” ahead of a trial…
Cabinet approves draft AI policy for public comment
394 Cabinet has approved the publication of South Africa’s draft national AI policy for public comment, minister in the presidency Khumbudzo Ntshavheni said. Ntshavheni said on Thursday during a press conference that…
Icasa data confirms the scale of South Africa’s pay-TV collapse
344 The number of pay-TV subscribers in South Africa fell below seven million for the first time in at least five years, dropping 9.6% from 7.4 million to 6.7 million in the…
How agentic AI is reshaping banking in South Africa
610 The author, Absa’s Lindelani Ramukumba Rewind just a few years and large language models and generative AI were barely on the public radar. Yet the technology has already evolved into its…
South Africa’s 5G boom is bypassing rural areas: Icasa
610 South Africa’s 5G population coverage surged from 46.6% to 58% in a single year, the biggest network coverage jump recorded in communications regulator Icasa’s latest State of the ICT Sector report…
South Africa pays R2.5 trillion in debt costs
595 The South African government is spending more and more money on interest, without reducing the debt. A parliamentary reply has revealed that South Africa’s growing debt burden is placing increasing pressure…
DeepSeek V4 to run on Huawei silicon as China builds its own AI stack
548 China’s DeepSeek’s new model, called V4, will run on the latest chips designed by Huawei Technologies, The Information reported on Friday (paywall). In preparation for V4’s launch, Chinese tech giants, including…
WhatsApp is eating South African operators’ revenue
531 South Africa’s mobile operators carried 21.5% more voice traffic in 2025 than the year before but earned R10.4-billion less from mobile services, according to Icasa’s latest State of the ICT Sector…
Necsa puts toe in water for small nuclear reactor production
382 The South African Nuclear Energy Corporation (Necsa) has issued an invitation to manufacturers of small modular reactors (SMRs) worldwide to partner with it in developing such reactors locally. Necsa ultimately hopes…