
Hyperclear Tech CEO takes on Absa Cape Epic to raise R200k for child education
Mark Tew is riding the 2026 Cape Epic in support of Bright Start as part of the Hyperclear Ride for a Child team.
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Mark Tew is riding the 2026 Cape Epic in support of Bright Start as part of the Hyperclear Ride for a Child team.

Young South Africans are curious about service robots in tourism, but concerns about unemployment and inequality mount, says a UJ study.

Through this partnership, SGT Solutions is introducing the Quasar by Astrawireless as a practical backhaul solution for South African networks operating in the sub-6GHz band.
Valued at $1.6 billion, a tiny start-up called Axiom is building A.I. systems that can check for mistakes.
In television and movies, depictions of nihilistic billionaires and amoral opportunists are replacing the quirky strivers of older shows like HBO’s “Silicon Valley.”
In the era of A.I. agents, many Silicon Valley programmers are now barely programming. Instead, what they’re doing is deeply, deeply weird.

Raids and court convictions have occurred in the Western Cape as MultiChoice targets illegal streaming operations.

A series of enforcement actions led by MultiChoice Group and Irdeto, in partnership with South African law enforcement authorities, have resulted in arrests, seizures and multiple court convictions linked to illegal internet streaming operations in the Western Cape. The coordinated efforts form part of ongoing work by MultiChoice and Irdeto to combat digital piracy and […]

The many uncertainties in the Iran war – and the AI wildcard – are messing with the usual equation for impact on the IT sector.

AI doesn’t replace your best people – it removes the repetitive work that slows them down, writes Angela Ho.

Vodacom says it has achieved 5G upload speeds above 250Mbit/s, though the technology is not yet being deployed commercially.

A UCT-led team has used South Africa’s MeerKAT and Salt to reveal a vast hidden supercluster lurking behind the Milky Way.

As enterprise browsers continue to evolve, AI is becoming a defining force in shaping their capabilities.

Vodacom South Africa has achieved a significant milestone—the first demonstration of this capability on the African continent—with the successful testing of SuperUpload, a 5G advanced technology that delivers uplink speeds of 254 Mbps. This breakthrough reinforces Vodacom’s ongoing 5G network leadership in the country, particularly on speed and performance, setting new standards for how it […]

When prompts model outputs and interaction logs become part of the data layer, what changes in how organisations manage risk and accountability?
GFiber (a.k.a. Google Fiber) and Astound Broadband announced that they plan to merge into a deal backed by infrastructure investor Stonepeak Infrastructure Partners. The resulting company will be majority owned by Stonepeak, with Alphabet becoming a “significant minority shareholder.” Light Reading reports: Stonepeak Infrastructure Partners teamed with Patriot Media to acquire Astound in...

Standard Bank Group spending on tech rose 8.7% in 2025 while it extended the life of its South African core banking system.

The rollout of an EdTech pilot programme is often measured by visible signals. Thousands of tablets deployed. Active user dashboards trending upward. “Time-on-app” statistics climbing. Positive press coverage following shortly after. But do these signals tell us whether learning has improved? Across Africa, the EdTech sector has grown rapidly. Yet the continent’s core education indicators […]

ActiveCluster for file extends traditional high availability by introducing fleet-level data mobility across file environments.

The seasoned IT services professional brings more than a decade’s worth of solution selling and client relationship expertise to accelerate growth in the local market.

Automation shifts IT asset management from reactive to proactive, says Valene Nagiah, head of asset tracking and management at V-Track.