240 JSE-listed technology group iOCO is stepping up its share repurchase programme, acquiring a further 2.34 million ordinary shares between 29 November and 31 December 2025, at prices between R3.98 and R4/share….
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Banned or not? The truth about Schuko plugs in South Africa
273 Ongoing confusion within South Africa’ electrical sector has led to claims that all Schuko sockets are banned. The reality is far more nuanced, and the misunderstanding is affecting product sales, certificate-of-compliance…
Novus to appeal after being told to hike Mustek bid
247 Mustek’s head office in Midrand, Johannesburg The plan by Novus Holdings to acquire technology group Mustek has run into more difficulty, with the Takeover Regulation Panel ruling it must increase its…
Television at 50 | How the SABC lost its way
271 Today, 5 January 2026, South Africa marks 50 years since television was launched in 1976 – a milestone that invites a hard look at what television has been in this country:…
Television turns 50 in South Africa
239 This Monday marks 50 years since television was officially launched in South Africa – on 5 January 1976, a lifetime ago. South Africa was late – very late – to launch…
Why Solly Malatsi was right to bury the Post Office monopoly
246 South Africa has a curious habit of legislating fantasies and then acting surprised when the real economy ignores them. The now-defunct monopoly of the South African Post Office over sub-1kg parcels…
Starlink plans to lower satellite orbit to enhance safety
275 Starlink satellites being blasted into space aboard a SpaceX rocket in an undated file photo Starlink will begin a reconfiguration of its satellite constellation by lowering all of its satellites orbiting…
TechCentral’s International Newsmakers of 2025
246 Technology in 2025 was shaped less by breakthrough products than by power – who holds it, how it is exercised and where its limits lie. From trade wars and tariffs to…
Telecoms industry backs Malatsi policy directive, warns on execution
207 ACT CEO Nomvuyiso Batyi Telecommunications industry body the Association for Comms & Technology (ACT) has called for greater transparency of equity equivalent investment programmes (EEIPs) should sector regulator Icasa choose to…
Crypto’s Trump-era boom faces a 2026 reality check
212 US President Donald Trump. Brian Snyder/Reuters After celebrating Donald Trump’s second presidential term by swilling cocktails and partying to Snoop Dogg at a pre-inauguration event in January, the crypto industry went…