215 Memory shortages will constrain sales of smartphones for some time, hurting demand for chip industry companies like supplier Qualcomm and chip architecture designer ARM Holdings, executives and analysts said on Wednesday…
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Illegal mining bleeds billions from economy, says Mantashe
197 Minister of Mineral and Petroleum Resources, Gwede Mantashe, said illegal mining continues to be one of the most pressing challenges in South Africa’s mining sector, resulting in billions in lost revenue….
Enterprise connectivity has moved from utility to strategy
147 Enterprises face a simple truth: the connectivity function is no longer a support, but a strategy. Mobile networks underpin every distributed team, IoT device and data-driven decision. Yet as mobile estates…
Crypto markets reel as bitcoin slides
188 Bitcoin was on the cusp of breaking below the key US$70 000 level on Thursday as a slide in the world’s largest cryptocurrency showed no signs of stopping. Bitcoin fell 2% in…
More South Africans turn to debt counselling as car loans tighten squeeze on household budgets
164 Middle-income earners feel the pressure of car loans the most. South Africans’ debt levels continue to rise, with more people turning to debt counselling. DebtBusters’ Debt Index for Q4 2025 reveal…
SA tech graduates arrive in jobs unprepared as skills gap widens
180 South African companies are paying to train newly hired tech graduates because universities are not supplying the digital skills employers need. As employers continue to shift hiring towards proven skills and…
Taxi industry bets on digital payments to modernise operations
181 The introduction of digital payments for the estimated 10 million South Africans who use minibus taxis daily is central to industry body Santaco’s efforts to propel the industry into the digital…
Paycheques gutted by debt, particularly among high earners
202 It will come as no surprise to South Africans that their expenses over the past decade have far outstripped their income growth. However, seeing it reflected in the figures it quite…
Starlink considers building its own phone
194 Elon Musk. Gonzalo Fuentes/Reuters With a SpaceX public listing expected this year, the company has plans for its revenue-generating Starlink business that could expand its reach into new markets, including a…
fibre-like broadband for South African homes
215 Vox, a specialist provider of top-class internet and voice solutions for homes and business, has announced the launch of Vox Kiwi Home Wireless. The new consumer broadband service delivers a fibre-like…