49 ‘The parties have chosen to instead work together to keep Tongaat Hullet operating and to protect the value it holds for its employees.’ Tongaat Hulett, South Africa’s century-old sugar giant, has…
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Watts & Wheels S1E6: ‘A flawless Alfa and a bakkie that divides’
55 Episode 6 of Watts & Wheels – TechCentral’s electric motoring show – sees hosts William Kelly and Duncan McLeod wade into the most opaque corner of the South African car market:…
The web belongs to the machines now
64 Bot traffic has overtaken human traffic online – and South African operators warn that automated traffic, from relentless scrapers to targeted attacks, is straining what local infrastructure can absorb, while a…
AI will leave the world short of workers, says Jeff Bezos
68 Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos. Abdul Saboor/Reuters Artificial intelligence will lead to labour shortages, not the replacement of humans, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos predicted in a highly optimistic appearance at the VivaTech…
The US just showed it can switch off our AI
70 US President Donald Trump Last Sunday morning, Dewald van Staden, technical co-founder of local AI start-up Siglia, woke up to a silent disaster. Just 48 hours earlier, everything had been running…
Here’s why Vodacom spent over R8.5m on security and cellphones for two executives
83 The CEO and CFO collectively paid over R91.9 million in tax. Vodacom, one of Africa’s largest telecommunications, digital technology, and financial services companies, has revealed that it spent over R8.5 million…
Good news for South Africa’s economy
74 South African inflation rose by less than expected in May, which analysts said reduced the likelihood of another interest rate hike next month. Headline consumer inflation quickened to 4.5% year on…
The new reality of enterprise security: scaling resilience amid complexity
77 Large enterprises face a cybersecurity mismatch: rising AI-powered attacks and advanced persistent threats (APTs) outpace understaffed teams. Fragmented tools create visibility gaps and alert fatigue. To build resilience, organisations should consolidate…
GSMA tells Africa to copy South Africa on devices
81 South Africa’s decision to scrap the 9% ad valorem excise duty on entry-level smartphones has been singled out by the GSMA as one of the clearest examples on the continent of…
Olarm built SA’s smart alarm
77 “Did I arm the alarm?” That’s a thought very often thought of halfway to work. Or your alarm goes off while you are out, and you have no idea whether it…