170 Datatec Group CEO Jens Montanana Datatec Group has delivered a sharp acceleration in earnings for the year ended 28 February 2026, with the JSE-listed international technology distribution and services group benefiting…
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South Africa’s unlikely telecoms giant
168 Pepkor Holdings’ cellular business has pivoted decisively from selling phones to financing them, the JSE-listed retailer’s interim results showed on Tuesday, with its smartphone rental book swelling to R2.6-billion in the…
Court ruling opens the door to private procurement of FMD vaccines
123 FMD Response SA warned that the judgment does not create a free-for-all or give farmers an automatic right to import vaccines themselves. The Pretoria High Court has ruled that farmers may…
Luce lit: Ferrari unveils its first electric car
161 Ferrari presented its first fully electric car on Monday, marking a high-stakes shift by the luxury sports car maker as competitors including Porsche and Lamborghini scale back their EV ambitions, citing…
7 reasons car warranty claims get rejected and how to avoid it
175 When a claim is rejected, it is rarely because a customer has done something wrong on purpose. Car insurance is designed to provide financial protection in the event of accidents, theft…
Retro Rabbit / SmarTek21 refines the art and science of product delivery
172 Rouan van der Walt, head of delivery at Retro Rabbit / SmarTek21 Too many development projects fail to deliver the expected value, largely because they are executed in a fragmented way…
Pick n Pay freezes salaries and slashes headcount in ‘future-fit’ restructuring drive
128 Pick n Pay says it remains committed to safeguarding jobs. Pick n Pay, one of South Africa’s largest retailers, says it has taken action on management salaries as its restructuring process…
Pope urges world to hit brakes on AI
124 Pope Leo XIV. Yara Nardi/Reuters Pope Leo on Monday urged governments to slow down and closely regulate the development of AI systems in his first major document, warning that they spread…
Sita, Sars rubbish reports they were hacked
177 The South African Revenue Service (Sars) and the State IT Agency (Sita) have both moved to shoot down claims circulating on social media that their systems have been hacked, with each…
John Steenhuisen calls for a collaborative action plan between South Africa and Botswana to combat FMD
148 According to Steenhuisen, it is clear that no country can defeat FMD in isolation. Following the arrival of two million Dollvet vaccines into the country earlier this month, agriculture minister John…