The 48-month phone contract trap
Longer contracts have become South Africa’s answer to unaffordable smartphones – but at a big long-term cost to consumers.
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Local ticketless parking app gains traction
Admyt grows its mall and commercial property presence, scaling its automated licence plate recognition systems to 90 locations.
UCT And HyperionDev In Partnership To Expand Access To Future-Focused Skills
The University of Cape Town (UCT) has collaborated with HyperionDev, a global leader in online tech education, in a strategic partnership to deliver a portfolio of high-impact, career-focused online programmes designed to equip students with in-demand digital and leadership skills. The collaboration marks a significant step forward in bridging the gap between higher education and […]
Yoco brings in external CEO from European fintech sector
Co-founders Bradley Wattrus and Lungisa Matshoba will return to CFO and chief product and technology roles.
Vultr, SUSE & Supermicro Debut Unified Cloud-to-Edge Architecture for Global AI Scaling
Vultr, the world’s largest privately-held cloud infrastructure company, in collaboration with SUSE and Supermicro, today announces a strategic architectural framework designed to solve the complexities of deploying and operating AI workloads across distributed environments.
Robot wars – what an operation in Ukraine tells us about the battlefield of the near future
After Ukraine’s President Zelensky said territory had been captured using just robots and drones, what is the future of unmanned warfare?
Build the agentic SOC to combat AI-powered attackers
Cisco subsidiary Splunk will present at the ITWeb Security Summit 2026 in Johannesburg, arguing that an AI-powered SecOps platform is no longer optional.
White House App Is a Terrifying Security Mess
New submitter spazmonkey writes: From a hidden GPS tracker polling your location every 4.5 minutes to JavaScript loaded from a random GitHub account, no SSL certificate pinning, and an in-app browser that silently strips cookie consent dialogs and paywalls from every page you visit, the new White House app seems to have a little bit of everything. A security researcher pulled the APK apart to...
Delayed ICT upgrade leads to third NSFAS administration
Persistent ICT system failures and governance instability see the National Student Financial Aid Scheme again placed under administration.
South Africa’s patching problem is about to get worse
TrendAI’s Zaheer Ebrahim says South Africa’s patching problem is about to be compounded by agentic AI.
UCT researchers develop multilingual AI language model
MzansiLM is an AI model trained on all 11 South African languages, to address gaps in global AI systems.
AI is rewriting the threat playbook
South Africa’s AI policy will be rewritten. The threat won’t wait, writes Palo Alto Networks’ Justin Lee.
American Factories Lag in Adopting A.I. This Drugmaker Is an Exception.
A Bristol Myers Squibb plant that makes cancer drugs was the only manufacturer in the U.S. recognized for innovation by the World Economic Forum this year.
South African private sector growth hits 44-month high
South Africa’s PMI hit a near four-year high in April, though analysts have warned that the lift may prove temporary.
How to set up a smart home in South Africa
Samsung’s SmartThings platform turns connected appliances into automated routines that save time and electricity.
Why Africa is uniquely placed to leapfrog the world on cybersecurity
Armand Kruger of NEC XON argues that legacy “trusted network” thinking is now a systemic risk.
Two South African fintechs merge to take on payday lenders
A merger of Paymenow and PayCurve will create a 100-strong fintech serving 750 000 employees in four countries.
TCS+ | The retirement decision most South Africans get wrong
10X Investments’ Michael Rossouw on what to do with your pension when you leave a job.
We’re hiring: TechCentral is looking for technology journalists
TechCentral is looking for high-calibre technology or business journalists to join its Johannesburg newsroom.
White House Wants To Vet Powerful AI Models For Risks − A Computer Scientist Explains Why AI Safety Is So Difficult
The Trump administration is looking to develop a process that would have the federal government review the safety of powerful artificial intelligence models before approving their release, according to a report in The New York Times on May 4, 2026. The move would stand in contrast to the administration’s generally anti-regulatory approach to industry and […]
CO2 Levels In the Atmosphere Hit ‘Depressing’ New Record
Atmospheric carbon dioxide hit a new record in April, averaging about 431 parts per million at NOAA’s Mauna Loa Observatory. That’s up from under 320 ppm when the site began measurements in 1958. Scientific American reports: Greenhouse gases, such as carbon dioxide, are measured as a proportion of the total atmosphere. The numbers are presented as the number of molecules of a particular gas out...