144 Imagine walking into your local store and paying with a cryptocurrency that always equals R1 – no wild swings, no speculation, just self‑sovereign certainty. A digital token that settles faster than…
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Bitcoin faces another reckoning
147 Bitcoin made a 16-month low and tested key US$60 000 support on Friday as a global selloff in technology stocks deepened and washed out risky bets across asset classes. The world’s largest…
Blue Tag Sale Offers: Unlock exclusive savings and premium offers
132 Samsung is thrilled to announce the return of the highly anticipated Blue Tag Sale Offers, bringing customers a new season of great value and exclusive rewards. Running from 19 January to…
Google goes from laggard to leader in AI
178 Image: Reuters Alphabet is taking on OpenAI with a gusto that underscores Wall Street’s perception that the Google parent is the leader in AI, a turn of events from a year…
Smartphone market hit by deepening memory crisis
187 Memory shortages will constrain sales of smartphones for some time, hurting demand for chip industry companies like supplier Qualcomm and chip architecture designer ARM Holdings, executives and analysts said on Wednesday…
Illegal mining bleeds billions from economy, says Mantashe
175 Minister of Mineral and Petroleum Resources, Gwede Mantashe, said illegal mining continues to be one of the most pressing challenges in South Africa’s mining sector, resulting in billions in lost revenue….
Enterprise connectivity has moved from utility to strategy
129 Enterprises face a simple truth: the connectivity function is no longer a support, but a strategy. Mobile networks underpin every distributed team, IoT device and data-driven decision. Yet as mobile estates…
Crypto markets reel as bitcoin slides
158 Bitcoin was on the cusp of breaking below the key US$70 000 level on Thursday as a slide in the world’s largest cryptocurrency showed no signs of stopping. Bitcoin fell 2% in…
More South Africans turn to debt counselling as car loans tighten squeeze on household budgets
142 Middle-income earners feel the pressure of car loans the most. South Africans’ debt levels continue to rise, with more people turning to debt counselling. DebtBusters’ Debt Index for Q4 2025 reveal…
SA tech graduates arrive in jobs unprepared as skills gap widens
159 South African companies are paying to train newly hired tech graduates because universities are not supplying the digital skills employers need. As employers continue to shift hiring towards proven skills and…