259 For years, many South Africans were told that success followed a familiar path: finish school, go to university, graduate and find a good job. But the world of work has changed….
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TechCentral appoints Dr Fanie van Rooyen as deputy editor
267 Fanie van Rooyen TechCentral has appointed Dr Fanie van Rooyen as its deputy editor, strengthening the leading technology publication’s newsroom as it deepens its coverage of South Africa’s technology, telecommunications and…
How AI agents could rewrite the rules of South African banking
264 AI agents are already initiating financial transactions on behalf of people, and South African banks were not built for that. That was the central warning at Nedbank’s Innovation Day in Johannesburg…
Meta declares war on Israeli spyware firm
266 Meta Platforms said on Monday it is filing a federal court contempt order against Israeli spyware firm NSO Group for violating a permanent injunction that barred it from ever targeting WhatsApp…
South Africa’s leap to modern Wi-Fi has barely begun
287 South Africa is the only country on the African continent registering any meaningful use of the latest 6GHz Wi-Fi spectrum – and even its leading position barely shows up on the…
End of the line for the green ID book in South Africa
268 President Cyril Ramaphosa President Cyril Ramaphosa has placed South Africa’s digital identity overhaul at the centre of government’s crackdown on illegal migration, committing to set a date after which the green…
The city that wowed the world in 2010 is now bankrupt
317 Johannesburg As the World Cup kicks off this week in North America, I am reminded of our hosting of the event in 2010. The first match will again be South Africa…
Apple plays AI catch-up as Siri gets a long-awaited reboot
300 When Apple holds its developer conference at its Cupertino, California headquarters on Monday, the big draw will be a widely expected overhaul to Siri, the AI assistant the iPhone maker two…
Entries open for Everlytic’s You Mailed It Email Marketing Awards 2026
266 Calling all marketers, communicators and creative teams – if your e-mails made an impact and stopped the scroll in 2025, now is the time to shine the spotlight on them by…
Finance Transformation Africa charts blueprint for borderless finance
206 Two years after the continent’s banking leaders declared that AI could no longer be a sideline experiment, the 2026 Finance Transformation Africa (FTA) summit will force a harder question: who has…