158 Data privacy and unlawful interception of information laws prevent South Africa’s mobile operators from getting tougher in the first against spam calls at the network layer – but interventions taken in…
Category: Tech
South Africans shifting away from WhatsApp and Facebook
199 Meta Platforms’ dominance in the South African social media market is waning, with users of WhatsApp and Facebook beginning to turn to other platforms, like TikTok and Telegram. This is according…
Nissan doubles down on South Africa despite plant uncertainty
159 Nissan Africa president Jordi Vila. Image: Nqobile Dludla/Reuters Nissan is still committed to growing in Africa, with plans to introduce new SUVs and new variants of existing models, its Africa president…
Starlink considering R2-billion investment in South Africa
229 Billionaire Elon Musk’s Starlink, in a potential workaround of South Africa’s Black-empowerment rules to gain an operating license, may invest about 2 billion rand in the country, Business Day reported citing…
Apple plans product blitz to reignite growth
155 Apple is planning new iPads, MacBook Pros and more in the coming months Apple is planning an ambitious pipeline of new products for release during the first half of 2026, including…
Afrikaans ride-hailing service Wanatu versus Uber in South Africa
251 E-hailing service Wanatu has gained prominence in the South African market, given its unique service offerings compared to other competitors in the industry. The service most recently added long-distance trips to…
EFF vows to stop Starlink from launching in South Africa
158 South Africa-born billionaire Elon Musk has traded barbs with EFF leader Julius Malema South Africa’s fourth-largest political party, which has long warred with billionaire Elon Musk, has warned it will “never…
X adding AI-written community notes – MyBroadband
141 Elon Musk’s X will start to publish Community Notes written by artificial intelligence agents, a move to increase the speed of the social network’s fact-checking product and expand it to reach…
Get your ID delivered like pizza – home affairs’ latest digital shake-up
159 Home affairs minister Leon Schreiber The department of home affairs is working on upgrades to its online systems that will make it possible for citizens to access its services – like…
The man who stopped Telkom taking over the Internet in South Africa and became a powerful US tech investor – MyBroadband
163 Before emigrating to the U.S. and becoming a venture capitalist, David Frankel played a pivotal role in building South Africa’s Internet service provider industry — and fought to keep it out…