290 New proposal will force them to deregister, resulting in potentially huge Vat liabilities. A significant number of schools that are currently registered for Value-added tax (Vat) will be forced to deregister…
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INX-ZA to supercharge its South African internet exchanges
372 South Africa’s oldest internet exchange point operator, INX-ZA, has announced a plan to upgrade its infrastructure using high-performance routers from Nokia that offer throughput of up to 400Gbit/s each. INX-ZA, which…
JSE eyes 24-hour trading – but liquidity and tech hurdles loom
293 JSE CIO Tebalo Tsaoeli Changing the JSE’s operating cycle from the current nine hours (9am-5pm on weekdays) to 24/7 trading would require changes to the local bourse’s operating model to account…
Nissan and Citroen cars recalled due to battery, airbag issue
296 Owners of the affected Nissan and Citroen cars are urged to take them to the nearest authorised dealership. The National Consumer Commission (NCC) has issued a product recall of Nissan and…
DStv 4K streaming launch is not imminent
308 MultiChoice Group has not launched 4K-resolution content on its DStv Stream platform, despite a media report earlier on Thursday claiming that it had done so. Although the JSE-listed broadcaster has the…
Your Wi-Fi router is about to start watching you
386 Imagine this: your Wi-Fi router knows when you’ve fallen down the stairs, whether you’re having trouble breathing and exactly how many times you’ve visited the loo today. It can also detect…
Mandatory mediation of RAF cases is not working – lawyers association
315Claims the RAF does not have the capacity to mediate in volume. The Road Accident Fund (RAF) lacks the capacity to mediate cases at scale, with only three out of 1 000…
Google bets big on AI with new Pixel line-up
308 Brendan McDermid/Reuters Google has unveiled a new line-up of Pixel smartphones and gadgets, intensifying its efforts to embed artificial intelligence across a wide ecosystem of products. The products were launched at…
Outa wants urgent reform of Setas, says minister’s intervention not enough
273 Outa says putting a Seta under administration ‘does not magically clean it up’. Civil action organisation Outa is calling for urgent reform of the sector education and training authorities (Seta) and…
Upbeat Prosus plans R35-billion in asset sales
295 Fabricio Bloisi Dutch technology investor Prosus plans to raise US$2-billion (R35-billion) through asset sales in the near term, the company’s CEO said on Wednesday as he announced a 54% increase in…