66 Cloudflare has fully restored its services after an outage on Tuesday prevented millions of people from accessing major internet platforms, including X and ChatGPT. The company said the outage that began…
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Study confirms South Africans love weak passwords almost as much as boerewors
60 South Africans have spoken – and what they’ve said is deeply disappointing for anyone who cares about cybersecurity. Yes, “admin” is officially the most common password in South Africa in 2025,…
Honor showcases cutting-edge innovation at Africa Tech Festival
62 Honor South Africa CEO Fred Zhou speaking at the Africa Tech Festival in Cape Town last week Visitors to this year’s Africa Tech Festival had a glimpse of the future as…
‘Pay later’ growth is set to lift Black Friday sales, says Absa
54 Absa expects that growth of buy now, pay later (BNPL) services will boost Black Friday sales this year for e-commerce merchants. It said in a statement on Wednesday that last year,…
Government seeks private sector partners to rebuild broken Post Office
56 The communications & digital technologies department has issued a wide-ranging request for information (RFI) inviting potential partners to help modernise and commercialise key parts of the South African Post Office (Sapo),…
Inside the MSB reseller model: turning connectivity into opportunity
59 Networks aren’t yesterday’s setups of wires and signals; they are the invisible scaffolding holding businesses up. Every decision, every sensor, every mobile worker depends on them. Unfortunately, when complexity grows, the…
Dis-Chem goes digital
93 Dis-Chem’s Thabiso Msimanga In the year since founding its own innovation unit – called “X, bigly labs” – pharmacy retail group Dis-Chem has launched a financial services arm named Dis-Chem Life…
It’s time for a new approach to government IT spend in South Africa
54 The author, Richard Firth The South African government spends billions of rand annually on technology and infrastructure, yet citizen-facing systems are well-known for being inadequate for the task. From chronic billing…
Meta’s continent-hugging mega-cable is here
76 The 2Africa cable coming ashore at an undisclosed location. Image: Meta Platforms The consortium behind 2Africa, a new broadband cable encircling the African continent, has announced the completion of the new…
Your crypto, your safety – how Binance is gearing up for Black Friday
62 Black Friday is fast approaching. Deals flash. E-mails ping. Temptation is everywhere. This year, add your crypto life to that radar. Because while bargains abound, so do the threats. If you…