175 Telkom rewarded shareholders with a sharply bigger dividend in its 2026 financial year after a balance sheet clean-up that nearly halved the group’s debt – though the payout boost came against…
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Addressing the 57% blind spot: Kaspersky on measuring SOC effectiveness
165 A new global Kaspersky Security Services report, “Anatomy of a Cyber World”‡, reveals a blind spot in enterprise security operations centres (SOCs): while performance is typically measured by detection and response…
Strange winds reveal magnetic fields on distant ‘hot Jupiters’
142 An illustration showing magnetic activity in an exoplanet that is a gas giant like Jupiter but orbits very close to its host star and is tidally locked. ESO/M Kornmesser, L Calcada…
Why Telkom is pouring capex into IT
171 Telkom Group CEO Serame Taukobong Telkom customers who want to buy fibre, mobile and a fixed-wireless product in a single purchase still can’t do so easily – a shortcoming group CEO…
Telkom’s data growth story still has years to run: CEO
158 As voice revenue dwindles into a commodity and the industry braces for data eventually to go the same way, Telkom Group CEO Serame Taukobong reckons the operator has years of data-driven…
The hidden infrastructure behind AI
167 The AI gold rush is happening. It seems as if every week, a new model, breakthrough claim or billion-rand funding round hits the news. However, while the spotlight is fixed on…
Reserve Bank draws a line on inflation
156 Reserve Bank governor Lesetja Kganyago. Siphiwe Sibeko/Reuters Reserve Bank governor Lesetja Kganyago said on Tuesday that the bank would bring inflation back to its 3% target, defending last week’s rate hike…
South Africa’s R450 000 school fees problem has a tech answer
156 The maths of South African private schooling has broken. Hilton College’s 2026 fees sit above R450 000. Michaelhouse, Roedean and St Andrew’s all cross R400 000. The National Alliance of Independent…
Strike48 report: security leaders wary of AI agents
150 Maidar Secure, in partnership with Strike48, the agentic security operations platform, has highlighted findings from The State of Agentic Security 2026: Breaking Through the Trust Barrier, a survey of 100 cybersecurity…
Clashing judgments leave South Africa’s crypto law unsettled
155 The author, Wiehann Olivier For years, one question in South Africa’s cryptocurrency debate has been deceptively simple: if bitcoin is bought in South Africa and moved to a wallet linked to…