224 The entrance to the SpaceX rocket launch area in Brownsville, Texas. Veronica Gabriela Cardenas/Reuters SpaceX has revised its Starlink privacy policy to allow the use of customer data for AI training,…
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Can Operation Vulindlela really help grow the economy? Q3 progress report tabled
151 Significant milestones were achieved during the third quarter across seven reform focus areas. The Operation Vulindlela (OV) task team has reported on progress made during the third quarter of the second…
Stellar year expected for Digicloud Africa and its reseller partners
225 Digicloud Africa CEO Gregory MacLennan Digicloud Africa, Google Cloud distributor and reseller enablement partner in Africa, expects a “stellar” year ahead, thanks to a surge in positive sentiment around Gemini and…
Microsoft’s winning formula is starting to fray
183 Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella … trillions of dollars of investor wealth have been created on his watch For more than a decade, Satya Nadella’s tenure at Microsoft has been held up…
RAF counter application over ‘blank cheque’ claims dismissed
200 Judge says the inference of mala fides by the fund and former CEO Collins Letsoalo in bringing the counter application is ‘inescapable’. A Road Accident Fund (RAF) counter application for a…
Crypto has gone mainstream – will South African regulators catch up in 2026?
145 The author, Luno’s Marius Reitz By the end of 2025, it had become clear, even to the most hardened sceptics, that digital assets, cryptocurrencies and blockchain technology were no longer on…
agile insurance in an uncertain world
176 The insurance sector does not have a data problem. Rather, it has a decision problem. Underwriting, pricing, claims, fraud, customer engagement and capital all shape profitability, retention and regulatory outcomes, often…
More lifestyle audits on their way, this time by the FIC
157 Sars already has these powers. Now the Financial Intelligence Centre will get them too in terms of a new bill being promoted by National Treasury. A new bill being fast-tracked by…
Shoprite keeps Sixty60 momentum as group sales rise 7.2%
167 Shoprite Holdings’ on-demand delivery platform, Sixty60, continued its expansion in the six months to 28 December 2025, with sales via the platform rising 34.6%, significantly outpacing overall group growth. The performance…
iOCO deploys R9.6-million in fresh share buybacks
176 JSE-listed IT services group iOCO has repurchased a further 2.18 million of its own shares, continuing a buyback programme launched last year. In a voluntary statement published on Friday, iOCO —…