SA20 launches schools derby series with rain as title sponsor (opens on the publisher’s site)
Telecoms operator rain is backing both SA20 schools cricket competitions as a new derby series launches.
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Godongwana tears into his own government’s ICT policy drift (opens on the publisher’s site)
The finance minister says workshops and road maps have replaced delivery on technology policy.
Your AI agent is a privileged user. Treat it like one (opens on the publisher’s site)
Prompt injection only matters if the agent already holds credentials and enterprise access, writes Simone Santana.
MTN opens fifth Women in Digital Business Challenge (opens on the publisher’s site)
Ten black women-owned ICT businesses will each receive R100 000 in funding and support.
Optasia’s own targets point to a much slower second half (opens on the publisher’s site)
JSE-listed fintech Optasia’s own full-year target implies second-half revenue could come in well below the first half.
Apple’s iPhone price rise mostly misses South Africa (opens on the publisher’s site)
A stronger rand has absorbed almost all of Apple’s US price increase - but only at the cheaper storage tiers.
The end is nigh, and the shares go on sale in October (opens on the publisher’s site)
The AI extinction risk may be real, but the cure on offer looks more like the leading labs building a competitive moat.
Beijing accuses Anthropic CEO of waging an AI ‘Cold War’ (opens on the publisher’s site)
Chinese state media says Dario Amodei's call to slow AI development is really about containing Beijing.
South Africa is behind its neighbours on the plumbing of digital IDs (opens on the publisher’s site)
Two Southern African nations switched on sovereign digital trust anchors this past fortnight, ahead of South Africa.
South Africa to extradite cyberfraud-gang suspects to US (opens on the publisher’s site)
South Africa will extradite six Nigerian nationals suspected of involvement in cyberfraud to the US.
Newspaper group Caxton deploys AI copy editors (opens on the publisher’s site)
Caxton has told shareholders it is piloting AI in its newsrooms for copy editing as newspaper revenue keeps falling.
Why businesses are moving n8n onto their own servers (opens on the publisher’s site)
What self-hosted n8n is, what businesses use it for and why some are running it on their own virtual private servers.
Why Apple can’t tell you who its R50 000 iPhone is for (opens on the publisher’s site)
Analysts have warned that Apple has not clearly defined who the R50 000 iPhone Duo is actually meant for.
Nitda, NDPC and Galaxy Backbone back CyFrica 2026 (opens on the publisher’s site)
Nitda, NDPC and Galaxy Backbone back Nigeria’s CyFrica cybersecurity summit on 8 October.
‘There are no adults in the room’: the AI safety exodus (opens on the publisher’s site)
Safety researchers are quitting the biggest AI labs, warning nobody is coming to save us.
US in move to counter Huawei in Africa (opens on the publisher’s site)
The Donald Trump administration is said to be seeking to counter the expansion of China's Huawei Technologies in Africa.
SAPS wants to deploy AI bodycams with facial recognition (opens on the publisher’s site)
A tender document issued by Sita makes facial recognition a hard requirement for body cameras, with no quantities set.
Lesaka’s first profit comes as its merchant business goes backwards (opens on the publisher’s site)
Lesaka Southern Africa CEO Lincoln Mali says merchant division growth will return only in the second half of FY2027.
South Africa’s electric car floodgates are opening (opens on the publisher’s site)
Nineteen battery-electric models were shown at the Festival of Motoring. Only the Suzuki e Vitara was not Chinese.
MTN puts a price on network quality (opens on the publisher’s site)
Under MTN's new wholesale model, an MVNO that wants aggressive retail pricing can have it, but there's a catch.
From foldgate to the iPhone Duo: the strange history of folding phones (opens on the publisher’s site)
From Royole's FlexPai to tri-folds: how the folding phone idea finally reached Apple's hands.
Disney+ users have a month to move to a new app (opens on the publisher’s site)
Existing subscribers have until 12 October to move across, after which the current app stops working.
Meet the CIO | Shoprite’s Chris Shortt on what a supermarket becomes (opens on the publisher’s site)
Shoprite CTO Chris Shortt on meeting the customer anywhere, the SAP core underneath it and hiring for a world of agents.
How much Apple’s iPhone Duo will cost in South Africa (opens on the publisher’s site)
The iPhone Duo could easily land at above R50 000 locally, according to calculations by TechCentral.