108 Picture: iStock/Rockaa With rising living costs, high interest rates and ongoing financial pressure, many South Africans are feeling the squeeze. According to the World Bank Group, a vast majority of South…
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Anthropic puts Claude inside Slack as a tagable co-worker
126 Anthropic has launched an AI agent inside Salesforce’s Slack app that can work alongside employees in group chats, deepening its push into the enterprise market that has emerged as a key…
The spaza is not informal
140 My father-in-law ran a shop in the village of Mpoza, Mount Frere. He is gone now. The shop is still there, still open, still serving Mpoza, because the community still needs…
How to negotiate a salary increase with confidence
131 PICTURE: PEXELS/ NEGOTIATING Asking for a raise can feel intimidating, but approaching the conversation with preparation and confidence can increase your chances of success. Salary negotiations are a normal part of…
Have your say on the bill that could reshape SA telecoms
127 Parliament’s portfolio committee on communications & digital technologies has invited written submissions on the Electronic Communications Amendment Bill, opening the public phase of a legislative process that could reshape how spectrum,…
The real reason SA graduates can’t get hired into tech jobs
93 South Africa does not have a digital talent shortage. What it has is a shortage of work-ready talent. Every year, thousands of young South Africans graduate with degrees, diplomas and certifications…
The pivot South Africa’s MVNOs cannot afford to miss
128 South Africa’s mobile market has not stopped growing. It has stopped growing in the segment the current generation of operators was built to serve – the consumer subscriber market. South Africa…
Why South Africans spend so little time on 5G
125 South African mobile users spend far less time on 5G than their counterparts in markets like India, and new analysis from network measurement firm Opensignal has blamed operator deployment decisions rather…
Oracle is slashing its workforce as it automates with AI
127 Oracle’s total workforce declined 13%, or about 21 000 employees, in its 2026 financial year, as the software giant continued restructuring its business, partly driven by the adoption of AI across its…
Namibia tells Starlink to take a hike
130 Namibia’s communications regulator said on Monday it dismissed an appeal by Starlink against the rejection of its licence applications, reaffirming that Elon Musk’s satellite internet provider failed to meet local ownership…