222 Float founder and CEO Alex Forsyth-Thompson South African fintech start-up Float has raised US$2.6-million (R46-million) in new funding for local expansion, to enhance its proprietary technology and to prepare for international…
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Eskom kicks off EV roll-out, targets full distribution fleet electrification by 2035
225 Agnes Mlambo Eskom has purchased 20 electric vehicles, ranging from light delivery vehicles to light trucks, as it pursues a long-term plan to electrify its entire fleet. It said on Wednesday…
TymeBank rolls out PayShap Request for merchant partners
293 Digital challenger bank TymeBank has introduced a PayShap Request payment option that third-party payment service providers can offer to merchants to use with their clients. According to a statement by the…
BYD takes the wraps off its sub-R400Â 000 EV for South Africa
234 The BYD Dolphin Surf will cost less than R400 000 in its entry-level configuration Chinese automotive giant BYD is set to shake up the local electric vehicle market with the launch…
Nazia Pillay is new SAP MD for Southern Africa
261 Newly apppointed SAP Southern Africa MD Nazia Pillay SAP has appointed Nazia Pillay as MD of its Southern African operation. She had been serving in the role in an interim basis….
Cool Ideas taps Vodacom network for ‘uncapped’ 5G broadband
281 Fibre internet service provider Cool Ideas has launched a 5G fixed-wireless broadband service, piggybacking on Vodacom’s infrastructure and offering 1TB of high-speed data for R899/month. Technically uncapped, the wireless internet plans…
Why the real story at Apple’s launch was eSim, not the iPhone Air
232 When Apple took the wraps off the iPhone 17 line-up on Tuesday evening South African time, the spotlight naturally fell on the new iPhone Air – its thinnest handset yet –…
iPhone Air steals the show at Apple’s 2025 launch event
264 Apple CEO Tim Cook appeared to be channelling his predecessor and design genius Steve Jobs on Tuesday when he unveiled the iPhone Air, the company’s slimmest handset yet and the biggest…
Pressure mounts on Solly Malatsi as SABC stares down ‘risk of collapse’
259 Khusela Diko and Solly Malatsi Pressure is mounting on communications minister Solly Malatsi’s to act to rescue the SABC as it struggles to pay its escalating bills. On Monday, reporters heard…
MTN vows to claw back market share lost to Telkom
255 MTN Group CEO Ralph Mupita has admitted that the group’s South African operation has lost market share to rival Telkom, especially in the prepaid mobile market. According to Mupita, although competition…