386 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…
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DStv 4K streaming launch is not imminent
365 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
467 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
371Claims 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
368 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
332 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
353 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…
Increase in inflation of 0.5% expected, but could drift higher
369 Economists disagree whether the inflation rate for July will encourage the Reserve Bank to cut the repo rate The inflation rate increased by 0.5% from 3% in June to 3.5% in…
Salaries slide in July, showing strain in job market
312 Although salaries seem to be decreasing now, economists still believe that 2025 will be a better year for take-home-pay. Salaries decreased in July as it started showing the strain in the…
Maziv says it’s ready to roll with new fibre builds
429 Maziv chairman Pieter Uys Last week’s decision by the competition appeal court to set aside an earlier ruling by the Competition Tribunal blocking Vodacom’s Maziv deal – allowing the merger to…