371 But refuses to say why. The South African National Roads Agency (Sanral) has lifted the precautionary suspensions of its chief procurement officer and chief audit executive but refused to provide any…
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A third of the world is now connected to 5G
521 By the end of the year, 5G subscriptions are expected to reach 2.9 billion – about a third of all mobile subscriptions globally, according to the latest Ericsson Mobility Report. And…
Bitcoin erases all 2025 gains in brutal flight from risk
407 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…
Tshwane must pay up for ‘sinkhole’ losses suffered by Crawdaddy’s
347 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
539 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
546 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
475 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
409 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
429 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
426 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…