171 Billionaire Elon Musk’s Starlink, in a potential workaround of South Africa’s Black-empowerment rules to gain an operating license, may invest about 2 billion rand in the country, Business Day reported citing…
Apple plans product blitz to reignite growth
98 Apple is planning new iPads, MacBook Pros and more in the coming months Apple is planning an ambitious pipeline of new products for release during the first half of 2026, including…
Afrikaans ride-hailing service Wanatu versus Uber in South Africa
157 E-hailing service Wanatu has gained prominence in the South African market, given its unique service offerings compared to other competitors in the industry. The service most recently added long-distance trips to…
EFF vows to stop Starlink from launching in South Africa
104 South Africa-born billionaire Elon Musk has traded barbs with EFF leader Julius Malema South Africa’s fourth-largest political party, which has long warred with billionaire Elon Musk, has warned it will “never…
X adding AI-written community notes – MyBroadband
94 Elon Musk’s X will start to publish Community Notes written by artificial intelligence agents, a move to increase the speed of the social network’s fact-checking product and expand it to reach…
Get your ID delivered like pizza – home affairs’ latest digital shake-up
110 Home affairs minister Leon Schreiber The department of home affairs is working on upgrades to its online systems that will make it possible for citizens to access its services – like…
The man who stopped Telkom taking over the Internet in South Africa and became a powerful US tech investor – MyBroadband
100 Before emigrating to the U.S. and becoming a venture capitalist, David Frankel played a pivotal role in building South Africa’s Internet service provider industry — and fought to keep it out…
Blue Label Telecoms to change its name as restructuring gathers pace
104 Blue Label was co-founded and is led by co-CEOs Mark Levy and Brett Levy Blue Label Telecoms, the JSE-listed company that’s in the process of taking control of mobile operator Cell…
Uber Eats in online shopping deal with Spar and Tops
121 Spar South Africa has officially announced a partnership with Uber Eats to expand its grocery and liquor delivery footprint and supplement its Spar 2U service. “Since its launch in 2022, Spar’s…
Nvidia CEO to hold high-stakes media briefing in Beijing
92 Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang. Gonzalo Fuentes/Reuters Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang will hold a media briefing in Beijing on 16 July, an official from the company said on Sunday, marking his second…