189 US megaretailer Walmart’s move to introduce its own-branded stores in South Africa is going to be met with stiff competition from established retailers, but its advancements in retail technology – spanning…
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Larry Ellison is back: from Silicon Valley bad boy to AI kingmaker
147 Fortune magazine wondered on its cover whether Oracle co-founder Larry Ellison might become the world’s richest person, while BusinessWeek declared Ellison is “cool again”, noting that “Silicon Valley’s bad boy is…
Parks Tau turns thoughtful reform into farce
182 Trade minister Parks Tau It felt like good progress was being made on two fronts – easing the labour law burden on small companies and enabling lending to small businesses. But…
Wafer-thin phones prove design is trumping common sense
180 In the smartphone industry, thin is in — but it really shouldn’t be. Last week, Apple unveiled the iPhone 17 Air, its thinnest iPhone ever, while Samsung recently debuted the Galaxy…
Sentech turns in loss despite hike in revenue, clean audit
156 Sentech CEO Tebogo Leshope Despite allegedly being owed R1-billion or more by the SABC for signal transmission fees, Sentech has reported 16% growth in revenue for the 2024/2025 financial year. However,…
Alphabet joins the $3-trillion club
144 Google parent Alphabet hit a market capitalisation of US$3-trillion for the first time on Monday, riding on renewed optimism around artificial intelligence and a favourable antitrust ruling. Class-A shares of the…
Worst of electricity price hikes is over: Eskom CEO
138 Eskom CEO Dan Marokane Eskom CEO Dan Marokane has again pledged that the state-owned power utility will hold future electricity tariff hikes to single-digit increases, a major shift in tone from…
Economists’ expectations for inflation and the repo rate this week
107 Will inflation stay above 3%, and will the repo rate be cut again after a 25 basis point cut in July, or will the Reserve Bank rather pause the cutting cycle?…
Get AI rules wrong, choke innovation, warns Competition Commission
135 Competition Commission deputy commissioner Hardin Ratshisusu Artificial intelligence poses a challenge for competition regulators, which must balance a desire for innovation and economic growth with the possibility that monopolistic, AI-driven markets…
Apple’s Liquid Glass era has begun
98 Apple’s big software refresh for 2025 is now live: iOS 26, macOS Tahoe (also called macOS 26), iPadOS 26, tvOS 26, watchOS 26 and visionOS all arrived on Monday, offering a…