Bitcoin erases all 2025 gains in brutal flight from risk
Cryptocurrencies were caught in a broad flight from risk assets on Friday, sending bitcoin and ether to multi-month lows.
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G20 sees UK in tech deals with JSE, Telkom
Prime minister Keir Starmer is set to unveil initiatives to stimulate job creation, unlock private capital and strengthen ties.
What’s Next — Luno CEO James Lanigan on driving crypto exchange innovation in South Africa
In this What’s Next with Aki Anastasiou interview, James Lanigan discusses the South African crypto market and how Luno is driving trust and innovation in the sector.
Watch | The Altron, UKG blueprint for smarter workforce management
Learn how agile scheduling, real-time visibility and embedded compliance can transform workforce efficiency.
Cell C listing to proceed as planned despite opposition
Blu Label Unlimited is set to list Cell C next Thursday, despite a potential legal challenge.
Top South African tech company goes from hero to zero
Blu Label Unlimited has seen its share price increase by 70% over three months, only to fall back to its starting price the next three months.
OpEd: In SA, you should be thinking voice-led agentic
If you’re going agentic for anything public-facing, please build voice into the workflow, writes ITWeb contributor Phillip de Wet.
TCS | Dominic Cull on fixing South Africa’s ICT policy bottlenecks
A candid conversation with Dominic Cull on fixing the bottlenecks in policy and regulation in South Africa.
The man taking Amazon’s fight to Takealot in South Africa
Robert Koen went from delivering newspapers as a teenager to leading the South African division of the company that delivers over 17 million packages per day.
Moss Spores Survive 9 Months Outside ISS
alternative_right shares a report from Phys.org: Inspired by moss’s resilience, researchers sent moss sporophytes — reproductive structures that encase spores — to the most extreme environment yet: space. Their results, published in the journal iScience on November 20, show that more than 80% of the spores survived nine months outside of the International Space Station (ISS) and made it back to...
BTC Falls, Gold Rises, Money-Printing Nears: Global Capital Is Rushing Toward Stable Daily Real-World Yield
Amid global economic turbulence and the possibility of Bitcoin pulling back to $85,000, more and more institutions are making a different bet: The next global money-printing cycle is about to begin — and it could push BTC toward $200,000. But in an era of extreme market volatility, what truly helps investors sleep at night is […]
A quarter-century of technical debt: Why identity security is now the enterprise’s weakest link
Cyberrey and Forestall to unpack 25 years of identity vulnerabilities at the ITWeb Security Summit 2026.
Inside the CSIR’s innovation engine
The CSIR team has engineered a compostable film that matches the strength and shelf life of conventional plastic packaging but decomposes naturally after use.
Incredible smartphone savings from Edgars this Black Friday
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Webinar: Transform your data governance with Microsoft Purview: From E3 foundations to E5 excellence
The webinar will take place on 9 December at 11am UTC+0 (1pm SAST).
Huawei sets out fibre-first roadmap for an intelligent Africa
Insights from AfricaCom 2025 highlight broadband, AI and cloud as core infrastructure for an intelligent Africa.
Falcorp reinvents graduate programme to empower future-ready young IT professionals
The programme integrates structured mentorship, experiential learning and a focus on organisational culture and personal development.
Entersekt authentication platform now plug-and-play for any bank or credit union, enabling instant fraud, ATO protection
Entersekt Orkestrate service makes integration and orchestration of Context Aware Authentication 85% faster.
Data analytics: Empowering maritime operations with data-driven intelligence
The South African Maritime Safety Authority, in partnership with SITA, is using advanced data analytics to bring clarity and efficiency to the maritime sector.
Rugged and durable, the Urovo DT66 increases efficiency and productivity
Perfect for operations in some of the toughest industry sectors, the DT66, distributed in SA by DCI Scanning, delivers cutting-edge technology and quality performance.
KitchenAid Promo Code: $250 Off in November 2025
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