125 PICTURE: PEXELS/ SAVINGS Saving money doesn’t have to mean giving up everything you enjoy. In fact, small changes to your spending habits can make a big difference without making you feel…
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Brazil’s online gambling crackdown is a lesson for South Africa
119 Last week, while South Africa was preoccupied with domestic political friction, Brazil’s president signed a decree that deserves urgent attention in Pretoria. Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva granted his government the…
That drone over your house is almost certainly breaking the law
113 When the South African Police Service declared the entire Comrades Marathon route a no-fly zone this month, permitting only authorised aircraft and warning that any unauthorised drone would be dealt with…
Joburg the epicentre of South Africa’s tech brain drain
99 Johannesburg skyline New enquiry data from immigration firm New World Immigration (NWI) shows the tech workers approaching it about leaving are in unusual haste – with Johannesburg, not Cape Town, driving…
South Africa went cashless – except for the millions who didn’t
161 A new industry report from the FinTech Association of South Africa (Finasa) has found that a decade of fintech innovation has transformed the landscape for connected, urban South Africans – but…
A smarter way to buy or renew your Red Hat subscriptions
126 Securing the right enterprise software at the right time requires a purchasing workflow that supports both your technical and finance teams. To simplify this journey, we have launched the LSD Open…
Cape Town’s New R650m GrandWest Mall is Officially Underway
139 Construction has started on the new R650 million GrandWest Mall in Goodwood, Cape Town, marking a major step for one of the city’s best-known entertainment precincts. The project is being developed…
DStv Stream to come pre-installed on Samsung TVs across Africa
100 Canal+ is moving to embed MultiChoice’s streaming service directly into the living room, in the clearest sign yet that the enlarged group is rebuilding its distribution around connected televisions rather than…
South Africa’s AI divide is widening by age and education
118 The author, Maud Botten South Africa’s structural challenges run deeper than those of most economies. We face a multi-generational unemployment crisis in one of the most unequal and poverty-stricken countries in…
The real prize is a competitive electricity market
151 South Africa cannot afford for Johannesburg to fail, and the city’s electricity supply is now genuinely at risk. The R5.3-billion debt that the city owes to Eskom is not being resolved…