175 Remote access has evolved far beyond its original role as a simple IT support tool. In today’s distributed business environment, it has become a strategic layer of enterprise infrastructure – enabling…
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Coup as Spar lands ex-Pick n Pay boss
163 The Spar Group has appointed seasoned retail marketer John Bradshaw as its chief marketing officer. Bradshaw has 20 years’ retail experience, more than 10 of which were at Pick n Pay….
Capitec blows up MVNO pricing with free on-net calls
359 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…
After mobile, Capitec Connect eyes home broadband push
237 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
181 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
232 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
177 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
222 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
203 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
203 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…