254 It is Dezemba in South Africa, a time when food, culture and family come together. It is also a time when our budgets feel tighter than ever and with the rising…
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Not much ho-ho-ho for most South Africans
291 The survey results also reveal that a major portion of households (39%) cannot afford to celebrate the festive season at all this year. There will again not be much Christmas cheer…
US strike against Venezuela had little effect on markets and none on SA
249 Amid all the geopolitical uncertainty in the world, mainly caused by the unpredictable US administration, the markets should have been jittery after the Venezuela strike The US administration’s strike against Venezuela…
Wake up and smell the COFI as more consumer protection is on the way
410 Do you sometimes doubt if your financial adviser is right about everything? When the COFI Bill becomes law they will have to be. South Africans who have little money often feel…
AI hardware booms at CES, but consumer adoption is uncertain
256 An LG Cloid robot stands on stage during an LG Electronics news conference at CES 2026. Steve Marcus/Reuters Just four years after the launch of ChatGPT, the chatbot that brought artificial…
Silicon batteries are about to upend smartphone battery life
282 Oppo’s new Find X9 Pro has a 7 500mAh silicon-carbon battery Silicon is the second most abundant element in Earth’s crust after oxygen and its uses in the technology sector are…
Meet the woman who is the highest paid CEO in government
259 The highest-paid SOE CEO is the woman responsible for securing and managing investment to fund major infrastructure and development. South Africa has over 100 state-owned enterprises (SOEs) that were established with…
Owning the right data is the new competitive moat in AI
241 Think about the last time you got hooked on a Netflix series. That instant connection wasn’t random; it was the result of years of data analysis. Netflix understands what you watch,…
Major overhaul coming to Gmail
281 Google is rolling out a new wave of artificial intelligence features in Gmail, aiming to turn the e-mail service into what it has described as a more proactive “inbox assistant” as…
Calls for Sanral tender awards to be independently investigated
276 Outa says too many concerning decisions have been taken by the roads agency and if investigators scratch they will find ‘a lot more irregularities’ than Sanral wants to admit The Organisation…