248 Cryptocurrencies were caught in a broad flight from risk assets on Friday, sending bitcoin and ether to multi-month lows as worries persisted about lofty tech valuations and bets on near-term Federal…
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Tshwane must pay up for ‘sinkhole’ losses suffered by Crawdaddy’s
214 City claims the summons fell through ‘the cracks’ as it was being sued for seven other claims as a result of the sinkhole. The City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality has failed…
Dominic Cull on fixing South Africa’s ICT policy bottlenecks
303 Returning to the TechCentral Show is ICT regulatory expert Dominic Cull, founder of Ellipsis and regulatory advisor to the Internet Service Providers’ Association. Cull recently attended communications minister Solly Malatsi’s policy…
Nvidia’s AI empire rests on just four customers
277 Bubble? What bubble? Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang. Evelyn Hockstein/Reuters Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang says he does not see an AI bubble, but rather a tipping point. In his view, the kind…
New Glenn 9×4 set to dwarf Saturn V
287 A Blue Origin New Glenn rocket is prepared for launch with Nasa’s EscaPade mission with two satellites to orbit Mars, from the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Cape Canaveral, Florida,…
Repo rate cut in line with economists’ expectations
244 The repo rate is now below 7% for the first time since November 2022 when it stood on 6.25% before the MPC increased it by 75 basis points to 7%. The…
the car-pooling app hoping to be the Uber of SA intercity travel
273 Max Musgrave South Africa has a new entrant in long-distance ride-sharing – and its founder is barely out of his teens. Max Musgrave, a 21-year-old South African now living in France,…
South Africans get a repo rate cut for Christmas
222 The Reserve Bank ended the year on a high note with another repo rate cut that will put a little more money in indebted consumers’ pockets. As economists expected, the Reserve…
Mr Price’s telecoms bet is paying off
205 Retailer Mr Price Group’s venture into telecommunications – which comprises mobile phone and accessory sales as well as the Mr Price Mobile MVNO offering – is paying off, with double-digit growth…
New CEO for Reunert as Alan Dickson steps down after 12 years
223 Outgoing Reunert CEO Alan Dickson Alan Dickson, CEO of JSE-listed electrical, electronics and technology group Reunert, will step down from his position at the end of February 2026. Reunert announced Dickson’s…