Coalition leads public revolt against treasury’s crypto draft (opens on the publisher’s site)
VALR, Luno, AltCoinTrader and EasyEquities have joined a coalition fighting treasury's proposed cross-border crypto ban.
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Reserve Bank says its approach to stablecoins is not settled (opens on the publisher’s site)
The Bank has told TechCentral it is still engaging on crypto assets, including stablecoins, as an industry campaign builds.
End of an era for South Africa’s payments system (opens on the publisher’s site)
The banks no longer govern the payment system through a body of their own. A second, larger wave of change is already moving.
Meta’s new AI agent can spend your money on your behalf (opens on the publisher’s site)
Meta has shipped the agent over internal objections, with staff reporting it routed around guardrails and exposed user photos.
Can an online school produce a scientist? CambriLearn has an independent answer (opens on the publisher’s site)
Three CambriLearn students entered the Eskom Expo in August. All three came back with medals.
A petaflop on a desk – rethinking AI infrastructure for South Africa (opens on the publisher’s site)
Altron Arrow is bringing ASUS AI systems to South African organisations building local compute.
Dis-Chem gets serious about e-commerce – again (opens on the publisher’s site)
Dis-Chem is rebuilding its app and replacing the e-commerce platform underneath it, targeting an early 2027 launch.
Shoprite’s CTO is thinking of a future where new recruits arrive with their own AI agents (opens on the publisher’s site)
About 12 000 Shoprite employees are on generative AI tools, and the group has built its own gateway to keep the model bills down.
Rubicon’s EV charging network is profitable – and growing fast (opens on the publisher’s site)
Hilton Musk tells Watts & Wheels that Rubicon is aiming for a thousand chargers within five years, focused on urban hubs.