191 European Commission tech chief Henna Virkkunen. Nadja Wohlleben/Reuters Europe’s telecommunications operators will get a major boost under a European Commission proposal announced on Wednesday, allowing them to use radio spectrum for…
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An inflection point for crypto in South Africa
222 Binance South Africa’s Hannes Wessels Regulatory advances in 2025 have laid the foundation for the growth of cryptocurrencies, with their use in domestic payments and cross-border remittances expected to surge this…
Chinese imports fuel job losses and industry rift in SA’s automotive sector
234 A war of words has erupted in the automotive industry over cheap imports, local production and thousands of lost jobs. Tensions are mounting in the automotive sector as employers and unions…
No risk of load shedding after Koeberg output scaled back
183 The Koeberg nuclear power station north of Cape Town. Image: Eskom Eskom has said operations at the Koeberg nuclear power station were scaled back on Tuesday afternoon following a fault on…
Netflix drops the hammer with all-cash Warner Bros bid
182 Dado Ruvic/Reuters Netflix has switched to an all-cash offer for Warner Bros Discovery’s studio and streaming assets without increasing the US$82.7-billion price in a bid to shut the door on Paramount’s…
Bill Gates, OpenAI team up for AI health push in Africa
204 Bill Gates. Caitlin Ochs/Reuters The Gates Foundation and OpenAI are setting up a US$50-million (R820-million) partnership to help African countries use artificial intelligence to improve their health systems. The partnership, called…
Treasury asks for comment on Bill that aims to prevent financial crimes
231 The new bill for preventing money laundering and terrorism financing follows on the Financial Action Task Force taking South Africa off the greylist recently National Treasury has published the draft General…
SA starts to feel impact of US tariff, especially in automotive exports
198 Tau explained that not all exports to the US are subject to the same tariffs and some are not subject to any. South Africa is starting to feel the impact of…
Bitget opens TradFi trading to all users after record-breaking beta demand
170 After opening beta access in December, more than 80 000 users joined the waitlist to explore trading beyond crypto, validating strong demand for a single platform that connects digital assets with…
Why cybersecurity is becoming a competitive advantage for SA businesses
183 Cybersecurity is undergoing a quiet but important shift in South African boardrooms: from a defensive cost centre to a strategic business enabler. That was the central theme of a recent TechCentral…