145 Cabinet has approved a new board for the South African Post Office, removing a key procedural hurdle to the troubled entity applying to exit business rescue – but handing the incoming…
Category: Business
Bash powers TFG online sales as group profit tumbles
174 The Foschini Group’s online business was one of the few bright spots in a bruising financial year, with its Bash platform driving a 49.2% surge in e-commerce sales across its South…
The real hurdle for South Africa’s AI voicebots isn’t the AI
157 In the world of AI voice technology, the difference between a satisfied customer and a frustrated hang-up is measured in milliseconds. While the global hype focuses on the brilliance of large…
The real cloud challenge isn’t adoption – it’s doing it well
159 Joel Chacko, executive head of cloud services at Vodacom Business South African organisations have largely embraced cloud computing, but industry experts argue that the real challenge is no longer whether to…
Traxtion ramps up bid to build Africa’s biggest rail company
148 The company’s $86m equity raise was heavily over-subscribed, indicating the appetite for the future of private rail in Africa. Investors appear to have big hopes for the future of private rail…
In South Africa, the bundle is the new battleground
171 The most important thing Amazon launched in South Africa this week was not Prime. It was the bundle. When Amazon switched on Prime locally on Tuesday, the obvious headline was the…
RWC will be on SuperSport, and we didn’t cancel Winter Olympics – Canal+ CEO
172 As group lists, Saada is ‘absolutely and totally confident’ it will turn around ailing MultiChoice. Following the listing of Canal+ on the JSE on Wednesday – the first French company to…
How To Create a Monthly Budget That Actually Works in 2026
119 Almost everyone has created a budget at some point. And almost everyone has abandoned one. The problem isn’t that budgeting doesn’t work. The problem is that many budgets are too strict,…
What happens when AI no longer needs us to improve
151 Anthropic has warned that frontier AI developers should establish a coordinated, verifiable way to slow down or temporarily pause development if advanced systems begin improving themselves faster than society can manage…
North West mine shuts down temporarily amid retrenchment talks involving nearly 500 workers
142 Wesizwe Platinum says Bakubung Platinum Mine’s temporary shutdown is intended to allow for meaningful engagement during retrenchment talks. The North West-based Bakubung Platinum Mine has temporarily shut down for three weeks…