134The appointments follow a period during which the entity operated under an interim leadership arrangement Old Mutual Limited on Friday announced the appointment of Nersan Naidoo as chair of the boards of…
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Did Shoprite open a Checkers Hyper too many?
136 The Shoprite Group opened an unprecedented four Checkers Hyper stores in the last six months of 2025. Historically, it has added a maximum of two a year. The addition of four…
MTN and Vodacom dwarf South Africa’s listed tech sector
164 MTN Group and Vodacom Group, the two giants of South Africa’s telecommunications sector, each clock up more than R1-billion in revenue in just two and three days, respectively. TechCentral analysed companies…
‘Stick to normal patterns’: Fuel association calls for calm amid petrol and diesel shortage fears
137 Changes in consumer behaviour can negatively impact fuel stability. The Fuels Industry Association of South Africa has warned the public against panic buying, stressing that there is no need to stockpilr…
How South African executives can crack the AI ROI code
145 The author, Workday’s Jannie Malan Artificial intelligence has rapidly moved from boardroom curiosity to boardroom mandate. Across South Africa — from Sandton’s financial district to Cape Town’s technology hubs — executives…
SA firm opens Africa’s largest space hardware factory
141 Image: NewSpace Systems Somerset West-based spacecraft component maker NewSpace Systems has opened a 5 200sq m manufacturing facility that it claims is the largest commercial space hardware manufacturing plant in Africa. The…
SA braces for impact as rand breaches R17/$ – can gold exports help?
137 When oil prices rise, gold prices tend to rise as well, which can be beneficial for South Africa. The prolonged conflict in the Middle East is tightening its grip on the…
OpenClaw fever grips China
155 Participants hold their laptops as they line up to install and set up OpenClaw, an open-source AI agent, outside the Baidu offices in Beijing. Florence Lo/Reuters Fan Xinquan, a retired electronics…
OpenAI plans desktop ‘super app’
137 OpenAI has confirmed a Wall Street Journal report that it plans to fold its ChatGPT app, coding platform Codex and browser into a single desktop “super app” to simplify user experience. OpenAI…
Judge goes off on body corporate lawyers for bringing R18k claim before high court
115 Could amount to an abuse of process, says court. Lawyers’ fees alone would be multiples of the debt being claimed. Consumer advocates have long complained of the high courts being used…