182 Naamsa CEO Mikel Mabasa As Chinese car manufacturers rapidly expand their presence in South Africa, scrutiny is growing over the nature of their investments – and whether they are delivering meaningful…
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Popia is strong, Paia needs reform, says Information Regulator
142 The Information Regulator’s Mukelani Dimba Wednesday, 28 January marks World Data Privacy Day. With South Africa’s Information Regulator celebrating its 10th anniversary in 2026, TechCentral spoke to Mukelani Dimba, acting executive…
AI replaces people as Amazon cuts 16 000 corporate jobs
142 Amazon said on Wednesday it was cutting 16 000 jobs worldwide in the second major round of layoffs at the company in three months, as it restructures after pandemic-era over-hiring and…
Rand stronger now than it was 10 years ago
163 The South African rand continued its remarkable ascent against the US dollar on Wednesday, breaching the R15.80/$ level. The local currency is now stronger against the dollar than it was in…
iCAUR to launch in South Africa with 20-dealer network
150 The iCAUR V23 New energy vehicle brand iCAUR will enter the South African market with an initial network of 20 dealerships, aiming to establish a national footprint from day one as…
Reports of the smartphone’s impending death are greatly exaggerated
159 Will AI devices, like the ones under development by former Apple design chief Jony Ive at OpenAI, displace smartphones in the coming years as the primary way people interact with technology…
WeBuyCars expands national footprint with two landmark supermarkets
143 WeBuyCars’ new facility in Lansdowne, Cape Town WeBuyCars has marked a major milestone in its national growth strategy with the opening of two flagship vehicle supermarkets: the newly launched Lansdowne supermarket…
A digital reset for migration in South Africa
160 Home affairs minister Leon Schreiber South Africa has a new draft white paper on immigration, citizenship and refugees. This, the fourth in three decades, represents a step change from the previous…
SpaceX IPO may be largest in history
158 SpaceX’s Starbase facility in Texas. Gabriel V Cardenas/Reuters Elon Musk’s SpaceX is weighing a mid-June initial public offering, aiming to raise as much as US$50-billion at a valuation of roughly $1.5-trillion,…
Nvidia throws AI at weather forecasting
149 Nvidia has released three open-source AI models aimed at helping create better weather forecasts, faster. The models, which the AI chip firm announced at the American Meteorological Society’s annual meeting in…