148 Smartphones are no longer luxury gadgets or discretionary choices. They are a prerequisite for participation in the digital economy. Yet for millions of South Africans, suitable devices are financially out of…
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Is Barrs’ medication safe? Company faced regulatory scrutiny before ARV tender
138 A source close to the matter told The Citizen that Barrs’ management informed staff that an inspection revealed ‘critical findings’. After Barrs Pharmaceuticals, a subsidiary of Avacare Health, received a tender,…
Nedbank CIO Ray Naicker resigns
166 Nedbank CIO Ray Naicker Nedbank Group has announced the resignation of its group chief information officer, Ray Naicker, with effect from Friday. Naicker, who is also a member of Nedbank’s group…
BMW South Africa warns EV policy paralysis is stalling investment
126 BMW Group South Africa CEO Peter van Binsbergen Car manufacturers in South Africa are finding it difficult to plan their production lines for future demand because government policy on new energy…
Canal+ concedes Showmax ‘not a commercial success’
129 Groupe Canal+ CEO Maxime Saada on Thursday acknowledged that Showmax, the streaming platform owned by MultiChoice Group, has failed to achieve commercial success and has been a significant drag on the…
SA auto industry against 50% duty ‘hammer’ on imported vehicles
103 Says this is merely ‘what is possible’ and wants a fine-tuning of ‘all the levers’. South Africa’s vehicle manufacturers are not in favour of new-vehicle importers being “hammered” with an increase…
South Africa’s skills advantage is being overlooked at home
127 The author, Richard Firth South Africa is known all over the world for its natural beauty, its mineral resources and (sometimes) its sporting prowess. Now we are also becoming known as…
The control layers that make AI usable in real-world logistics
137 AI projects in logistics rarely fail because the technology “doesn’t work”. They fail because the organisation can’t explain, in operational terms, what an AI output is allowed to do. Is it…
Municipalities ‘must be heard’ before Nersa sorts its R76bn mistake
118 Salga and Ameu insist on a public hearing before Eskom tariff corrections. Municipalities countrywide are insisting they need more time to comment and that a public hearing must be held before…
BMW SA hits record output as CEO rejects calls for higher tariffs
108 BMW South Africa CEO Peter van Binsbergen South Africa’s motoring industry is not calling for steep hikes in vehicle import duties and instead wants targeted policy adjustments to support domestic manufacturing,…