116 Temu says it has launched a local warehouse in South Africa, allowing it to provide shoppers much faster delivery times. The direct-from-China online marketplace tags items available from its South African…
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South Africa begins complex job of overhauling media laws
125 Solly Malatsi. Image c/o DCDT The department of communications & digital technologies on Friday gazetted the draft white paper on audio and audio-visual media services (AAVMS) and online safety for public…
Wholesale price increases for .za domains
128 The .ZA Domain Name Authority (Zadna) has announced wholesale price increases for co.za, org.za, net.za, and web.za from R61 to R65 per domain. The price adjustment takes effect on 1 October…
Zuckerberg used open source to scale AI – now the lock-in begins
152 Mark Zuckerberg Like any good investor, Mark Zuckerberg likes to make a return, but he’s willing to play the long game. It took a decade from spending US$19-billion on WhatsApp before…
The man who pioneered online business journalism in South Africa
174 Alec Hogg is one of South Africa’s Internet publishing pioneers, having started the country’s first online business publication, Moneyweb, in 1996 in an office above his garage. Before his foray into…
Microsoft South Africa to get new MD as Lillian Barnard moves to regional role
141 Lillian Barnard, president of Microsoft Africa and acting MD of Microsoft South Africa, is relinquishing both roles after being named as the new head of the software giant’s enterprise partner solutions…
Meet the South African who started a Silicon Valley AI firm at 22, made it on Forbes and won a Google award
135At 16, she won the Google Science Fair; at 22, she launched her AI company; and at 25, she made it onto the Forbes list. South African Kiara Nirghin has been making…
Unpacking ‘lazy girl jobs’ and why it’s not what it sounds like
132 Although “lazy girl jobs” may sound like a criticism, they are actually a cultural movement that questions traditional work values. Popularised on social media platforms such as TikTok, the phrase relates…
Interesting trend in online gambling in South Africa
122 Revenues from online gambling have surged in South Africa in recent years, with the turnover from betting exceeding that of casinos by a substantial margin. Although Internet gambling platforms cannot obtain…
Legislative overhaul on the cards for South Africa’s ICT sector
115 Communications minister Solly Malatsi. Image c/o DCDT The department of communications & digital technologies will host a policy colloquium soon to solicit inputs ahead of a planned overhaul of South Africa’s…