153 Discovery, Bonitas, Medihelp and Bestmed have recently announced their premium increases for 2026. South Africa’s leading medical aids have announced their premium increases for 2026. These include Discovery Health Medical Scheme…
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eMedia acquires stake in global visual effects specialist
70 E.tv owner eMedia has acquired a 30% stake in Pristine World Holdings, a specialist provider of visual effects services to global film and television markets, for R119-million. The purchase will be…
Smartee 360 promises to end manual asset tracking in South African supply chains
85 Bluetooth Low Energy warehouse installation For decades, managing physical assets has been one of the most complex and error-prone parts of running a supply chain. Warehouses and distribution centres juggle thousands…
FNB really, really tightens the screws on eBucks with sudden changes
73 Without having a substantial amount of savings or investment products with the bank, it’s now close to impossible to get to Level 5 without insurance, an offshore account, or family banking….
Seacom 2.0: Alpheus Mangale unpacks all the details about the giant new subsea system
74 Seacom last week announced that it plans to build one of the highest-capacity subsea broadband cable systems the world has ever seen. Dubbed Seacom 2.0, the cable system – which will…
Solidarity in deal to export South African skills online to US
76 Solidarity CEO Dirk Hermann Trade union Solidarity has signed a deal with US company Propay Prime US to export South African IT skills – online, from South Africa. Propay, which focuses…
SA citizens left behind as other countries improve
57Study finds the SA government has deteriorated over the past five years relative to other countries, with Rwanda’s government among many that are doing better than ours. The South African government is…
South African business conditions improve
111 Business conditions in South Africa’s private sector improved for the fifth month running in September, buoyed by a rise in output and new orders, S&P Global reported on Friday. The Purchasing…
Oracle urges urgent upgrades as hackers exploit flaws
74 Oracle said customers of its E-Business Suite of products “have received extortion e-mails”, confirming a warning first issued on Wednesday by Google. In a blog post, the California-based tech company said…
No relief in sight for SA consumers this festive season, expert warns
104 The decrease in consumer confidence for the third quarter shows that consumers are battling financially and there will be no respite soon. There will be no relief in sight for consumers…