Outage at top payroll company hits Standard Bank
Sage has reported issues with its banking service and they are impacting Standard Bank customers.
Science/Tech
Radiation-Detection Systems Are Quietly Running in the Background All Around You
If a major disaster like Fukushima or Chernobyl ever happens again, the world would know almost straight away, thanks to an array of government and DIY radiation-monitoring programs running globally.
Political pushback against Malatsi BEE leniency for Starlink entry
The Portfolio Committee on Communications and Digital Technologies, the EFF and the ANC call for the immediate withdrawal of minister Solly Malatsi’s BEE policy direction.
AI, cloud and the great IT rationalisation
As cloud and AI adoption accelerates, organisations face a coming reckoning to rationalise costly analytics estates.
What the National AI Policy will mean for business
Mlindi Mashologu, deputy director-general at DCDT, will deliver the opening keynote at ITWeb AI Summit 2026.
Are Warnings of Superintelligence ‘Inevitability’ Masking a Grab for Power?
Superintelligence has become “a quasi-political forecast” with “very little to do with any scientific consensus, emerging instead from particular corridors of power.” That’s the warning from James O’Sullivan, a lecturer in digital humanities from University College Cork. In a refreshing 5,600-word essay in Noema magazine, he notes the suspicious coincidence that “The loudest prophets of...
New Vox partner programme helps ISPs expand without the heavy lifting
Small and mid-sized ISPs can now expand coverage without massive capital investment or complex network builds.
Smart village powers Limpopo amid South Africa’s digital divide
Electricity minister Dr Kgosientsho Ramokgopa will launch a smart city project in a Limpopo village on Friday.
Smart village powers Limpopo amid SA’s digital divide
Electricity minister Dr Kgosientsho Ramokgopa will launch a smart city project in a Limpopo village on Friday.
How alternative credit models can unlock South Africa’s hidden economy
M-KOPA data demonstrates digital access can kick-start equitable economic inclusion, with alternative credit models as the catalyst.
What R1,000 in Nvidia and the world’s top tech stocks at the start of 2025 are worth today
While Nvidia remains the world’s most valuable company, 14 other tech companies’ shares prices performed better in 2025.
ICT BEE fight deepens as MK, EFF target Malatsi
MK and the EFF claim communications minister Solly Malatsi’s policy directive undermines transformation and unlawfully clears the way for the launch of Elon Musk’s Starlink in South Africa.
Top ICT tenders: SITA’s relevance to be reviewed
DCDT plans a full review of SITA’s mandate, performance and business model.
Regulator ‘disappointed’ by judgement over matric results publication
The Pretoria High Court sets aside the Information Regulator’s enforcement action against the Department of Basic Education over matric results publication.
Big changes for cash in South Africa
The South African Reserve Bank plans to tighten oversight of how cash circulates in the country.
Starwatch: shortest day in reach as astronomical winter begins
Winter solstice marks moment when Earth’s north pole is tilted as far away from the sun as possible
Astronomical winter begins this week for the northern hemisphere, with the winter solstice taking place on 21 December. This is the shortest day of the year, and therefore the longest night. It has been greeted with many cultural celebrations through the ages. Ancient Rome’s Saturnalia, for...
SpaceX Alleges a Chinese-Deployed Satellite Risked Colliding with Starlink
“A SpaceX executive says a satellite deployed from a Chinese rocket risked colliding with a Starlink satellite,” reports PC Magazine:On Friday, company VP for Starlink engineering, Michael Nicolls, tweeted about the incident and blamed a lack of coordination from the Chinese launch provider CAS Space. “When satellite operators do not share ephemeris for their satellites, dangerously close...
Spotify Wrapped – Audience growth surges for What’s Next with Aki Anastasiou in 2025
What’s Next continues its rapid rise with major audience and follower growth in 2025.
Plan to end TV licences in South Africa
The SABC’s new funding model is set to be finalised in February.
Roomba Maker ‘iRobot’ Files for Bankruptcy After 35 Years
Roomba manufacturer iRobot filed for bankruptcy today, reports Bloomberg. After 35 years, iRobot reached a “restructuring support agrement that will hand control of the consumer robot maker to Shenzhen PICEA Robotics Co, its main supplier and lender, and Santrum Hong Kong Compny.”Under the restructuring, vacuum cleaner maker Shenzhen PICEA will receive the entire equity stake in the reorganised...
Like Australia, Denmark Plans to Severely Restrict Social Media Use for Teenagers
“As Australia began enforcing a world-first social media ban for children under 16 years old this week, Denmark is planning to follow its lead,” reports the Associated Press, “and severely restrict social media access for young people.”The Danish government announced last month that it had secured an agreement by three governing coalition and two opposition parties in parliament to ban access...