217 Pick n Pay announced it would sell down a further 11.5% of its subsidiary Boxer valued at up to R4.7 billion to shore up its balance sheet and to ensure that…
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DDoS extortionists ‘carpet bomb’ South African internet hosts
320 Network Platforms chief technical officer Warwick Ward-Cox A wave of distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks hitting South African web hosts is a deliberate extortion campaign run by a criminal group. That is…
Digital Parks Africa expands global network reach with Cogent
198 Global tier-1 carrier Cogent Communications is now live at Digital Parks Africa’s Samrand data centre, giving customers direct access to one of the world’s largest IP backbone networks from within the…
Mantashe ordered to transfer mining right to Afrimat
192 A nine-month administrative delay could have serious commercial and employment consequences for the company, high court finds. Afrimat has obtained a high court order forcing the Minister of Mineral and Petroleum…
Extortion fears as DDoS attacks hit SA internet infrastructure
311 At least three South African web hosting and network providers have had services disrupted by large-scale distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks since Monday, in a run of incidents that one provider has…
AI won’t fix your culture
193 The author, Jackie Kennedy When leaders ask me what AI will do to workplace culture, my answer is always the same: AI will reveal the culture you already have. AI will…
Toyota plugs in at last: bZ4X is its first EV for South Africa
266 Toyota South Africa has finally put a price on its first battery-electric vehicle, the bZ4X. The country’s largest car brand – which builds vehicles at its Prospecton plant in Durban for…
Vatican confronts the age of artificial intelligence
283 Pope Leo. Edgar Beltrán/The Pillar Pope Leo will address the rise of AI in his first in-depth text outlining his concerns, the Vatican said on Monday, adding that it would be…
ADNOC in Advanced Talks to Acquire Shell’s South African Fuel Network – Report
289 Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) is reportedly in advanced negotiations to acquire Shell’s retail fuel station network in South Africa, in a deal that could reshape the country’s fuel retail…
Isuzu Production Record Set at Gqeberha Plant
283 Isuzu production record South Africa: the Gqeberha plant built 27,400 D-Max bakkies and 3,800 trucks in a strong year for local vehicle sales. Isuzu Motors South Africa has posted its highest…