189 A body representing South Africa’s largest telecommunications operators has warned that Icasa’s proposed national infrastructure database could create national security risks and has accused the ICT sector regulator of failing to…
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Avast Business and Avert IT Distribution rewrite the SMB cybersecurity playbook
179 As cyberthreats grow in scale and sophistication, businesses are realising that cybersecurity is no longer just a technical requirement but a strategic necessity. Yet, for many small and mid-sized businesses (SMBs),…
Uber in big pivot to autonomous robo-taxis
165 Uber Technologies has committed more than US$10-billion to buying thousands of autonomous vehicles and taking stakes in their developers, breaking from its asset-light “gig economy” business model to avoid disruption from…
Sars tightens its grip on tax penalties
277 Legislative amendment narrows the bona fide ‘inadvertent error’ defence route. The powers of the South African Revenue Service (Sars) in the Tax Administration Act to raise penalties for non-compliance should not…
Telkom launches prepaid fibre for businesses
257 Telkom’s Lunga Siyo Telkom Business has launched a prepaid fibre product aimed at small enterprises, start-ups and short-term operations that want reliable connectivity without signing a long-term contract or going through…
Warning: Food prices in SA set to increase in the near future
217 For South African households, one of the most immediate impacts of the conflict will be rising food prices. The Absa AgriTrends report has issued a stern warning to low-income households about…
Anthropic tightens the screws on OpenAI
186 Image: Jernej Furman OpenAI’s US$852-billion valuation is under scrutiny from some of its own backers as the company shifts its focus to the enterprise market to fend off competition from Anthropic,…
The hidden risk in South Africa’s payment infrastructure
223 South Africa has been off the Financial Action Task Force’s greylist for around six months, and now we risk hitting a different, perhaps more worrying, kind of greyish trap: being “greyed…
Nearly R82m refurbishment of the Agulhas Lighthouse Precinct creates 117 jobs
162 The Agulhas lighthouse precinct is located at Cape Agulhas where the Atlantic and Indian Oceans meet. Minister of Tourism Patricia de Lille has expressed her pleasure at how many jobs have…
The case for unbundling SuperSport
168 Inside a SuperSport outside broadcast truck on match day SportyTV, a streaming-only platform most South Africans have never heard of, this week announced it has secured pay-television rights to all 104…