123 For many years, electricity in mining was treated purely as a cost to be managed and was not considered a strategic lever. But this thinking has changed significantly, with mining companies…
Category: Tech
Home affairs to move all visa processing online
109 Home affairs minister Leon Schreiber The department of home affairs plans to shut down all tourist visa processing at South African missions abroad, minister Leon Schreiber has announced, with all applications…
The human side of AI
149 In the ongoing discussion around artificial intelligence, the conversation often centres on efficiency, automation and replacing human labour. Yet research by neuroscientist and AI expert Vivienne Ming challenges this assumption: the…
Spar rethinks SAP roll-out amid franchise lawsuit and CEO exit
117 Spar Group has revised its SAP roll-out strategy, separating its finance systems migration from distribution centre operations in an effort to reduce disruption – a move that comes as the wholesaler…
Xbox chief Phil Spencer retires from Microsoft
139 Outgoing Microsoft Gaming chief Phil Spencer Microsoft has announced that gaming head Phil Spencer is retiring after 38 years at the software maker, in a major leadership shake-up. The company named…
The real reason MTN is bringing its towers back in-house
186 MTN Group’s decision to acquire 100% of IHS Towers reflects a strategic U-turn from the asset-light model it had been pursuing, but it doesn’t mark the start of a broader industry…
MultiChoice scraps annual DStv price hike
109 MultiChoice Group CEO David Mignot. Image: (c) Aurelien Pierron For the first time in many years, DStv subscribers will not face a price increase in April – a significant strategic shift…
Service is everyone’s problem now
110 If you’re leading technology in a South African organisation right now, you’ve probably felt the same tension: service expectations keep rising, while teams stay lean. It shows up in the small…
Free Market Foundation slams treasury’s proposed gambling tax
118 The Free Market Foundation (FMF) is demanding that a national 20% tax for online gambling proposed by the national treasury be withdrawn and reconsidered within South Africa’s existing decentralised regulatory regime….
What Gen Z really thinks about the tech world it inherited
124 My smartphone is face down on my desk as I write this, not because something is wrong with it but because I am trying to finish one thought without it interrupting…