263 Capitec CEO Graham Lee Capitec Bank has scrapped call charges between its own Capitec Connect Sim cards in a sharp competitive move by South Africa’s largest mobile virtual network operator. CEO…
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After mobile, Capitec Connect eyes home broadband push
210 Capitec Bank’s mobile virtual network operator, Capitec Connect, more than doubled its net income contribution to R442-million in the year to 28 February 2026, as subscribers, data traffic and voice minutes…
Conversational AI is rewriting the customer service playbook
159 Customer expectations have never been higher. People want quick, personalised answers with minimal friction – and they’re no longer willing to tolerate delays or generic responses. Traditionally, customer service automation was…
Microsoft slashes Xbox Game Pass prices in big strategy shift
202 Microsoft has slashed the price of Xbox Game Pass in South Africa and globally, less than six months after imposing the steepest price increases in the subscription service’s history. The climbdown…
Judge blasts Sanral over tender conduct
167 Such conduct ‘cannot and will not be countenanced’. The conduct of the South African National Roads Agency (Sanral) has been severely criticised in a high court judgment for persistent delays, failing…
Naspers stalwart Steve Pacak passes away
191 Steve Pacak Naspers has announced the death of Steve Pacak, the long-serving non-executive director who chaired the group’s audit and risk committees. Pacak began his career with Naspers at M-Net in…
The AI model spooking the world’s biggest banks
176 The emergence of Anthropic’s Mythos is setting up a scramble from the banking industry to gain access and test the technology as regulators rush to examine the cybersecurity risks the new…
Seacom takes aim at regional peering costs
188 Seacom’s Prenesh Padayachee Seacom has launched a new connectivity service aimed at extending South Africa’s internet exchange point (IXP) infrastructure into smaller towns and municipalities, targeting regional internet service providers that…
Youth property ownership declines as houses become harder to afford
170 The number of youths buying houses has declined from 72 000 in 2014 to 47 000 in 2025. Data from Lightstone Property has revealed that home ownership among South Africa’s youth…
South African tech juniors squeezed as AI reshapes hiring
167 South Africa’s technology sector is quietly closing the door on junior developers, with new salary data showing entry-level pay falling in some industries even as demand for senior engineers intensifies. The…