TechCentral Nexus has a look at some of the biggest technology news stories from South Africa and the world over the last week.

South African policymakers need to to refocus national discourse on the future, not the past.

Telit Cinterion’s Richard Swanepoel explains how companies can navigate Africa’s challenging infrastructure environment for IoT.

OLX’s South African subsidiaries AutoTrader and Property24 continue setting new industry standards through cutting-edge innovations, customer-centric tools, and measurable market impact. These leading platforms within the OLX portfolio have strengthened their market leadership positions while driving meaningful digital transformation across their sectors. AutoTrader Revolutionises Car Buying...

Johannesburg has always been a city of builders, writes Altron’s group chief technology officer, Dr Andy Mabaso.

Forex trading is one of the world’s most famous types of trading. By volume, it is the largest market in the world, followed by the trading market. Although the market’s main participants are large banking institutions, anyone can trade forex with the right tool and platform. In this article, we shall discuss forex trading online, […]

As South Africa continues its journey of economic renewal, Naspers remains a committed long-term partner in building a more inclusive and innovative digital economy. The group’s mission, empowering South Africa’s digital future through purposeful innovation, trust, and inclusive growth, drives its strategic investments in AI and digital platforms. Commitment to Economic Growth and Digital...

Naspers, a global consumer internet group and one of the world’s largest technology investors, remains well-positioned to thrive in an uncertain macroeconomic environment due to its strong balance sheet. At the corporate level, Naspers holds a net cash position of $1.9 billion, supported by $17.4 billion in central cash and cash equivalents, net of $15.5 […]

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Watching the night sky, the time it takes for light from these celestial objects to reach Earth is vastly different

Following last week’s conjunction between Regulus and Mars, the moon now gets in on the act. This meeting of a star, a planet and a moon takes place on 29 June. The chart shows the view looking west from London at 22:15 BST that day.

Red planet Mars has moved on from its close...

This summer will mark 80 years since the attacks stunned the world. Today, every one of the crew members who carried out the bombings is dead. Here, one of the last writers to interview them reopens his files

‘It was a beautiful morning. The sun was shining on the buildings. Everything down there was bright – very, very bright. You could see the city from 50 miles away, the rivers...

Johannesburg’s hottest real estate deal is here!  The Gupta family’s Saxonwold compound — a monument to state capture, tender fraud, and “creative accounting” — is finally going under the hammer. But don’t worry, the auction house has ensured only serious buyers (read: those with unexplained offshore funds) can participate. Entry Fee: R500,000 (Proof of Embezzlement...

The National Health Insurance (NHI) plan is not a lifeline for South Africa’s broken health care system. It is a carefully engineered ploy to centralise control of more than R1-trillion, ostensibly for universal health care, writes Gugu Lourie in the Sunday Times. South Africans are expected to trust the process led by a government incapable […]

Two unsuccessful bidders for South Africa’s lucrative national lottery licence have demanded answers from Trade, Industry & Competition Minister Parks Tau, while another has launched a legal challenge to overturn the decision, according to a report in the Sunday Times. The National Lotteries Commission (NLC) and Tau have faced five consecutive court defeats in recent […]

President Cyril Ramaphosa is under increasing pressure to dismiss Higher Education Minister Nobuhle Nkabane amid allegations of corruption at the Construction Sector Education and Training Authority (Ceta) and claims that she misled Parliament, according to a report in the Sunday Times. Nkabane is already under scrutiny for allegedly lying about an “independent panel” that approved […]

It’s breaking records for online gaming – what’s behind its growing appeal?

Newborns will have whole genome sequencing to enable personalised healthcare that predicts and prevents illness

Every baby in England is to have a DNA screening to avoid fatal diseases and receive personalised healthcare as part of the government’s £650m investment in DNA technology, it has been reported.

Within a decade, every newborn will undergo whole genome sequencing, which assesses the...

My friend and former colleague David Hopkinson, who has died aged 89, was director of the Medical Research Council’s human biochemical genetics unit at University College London from 1976 until its closure in 2000.

Hoppy, as he was universally known, had joined the unit at its inception in 1962 because in an earlier, more junior, position he had been one of the first medical scientists to...

 The power system remains stable and continues to demonstrate resilience in response to increased electricity demand., says Eskom. While occasional system constraints are experienced and managed, sufficient emergency reserves are in place and are strategically deployed to support demand during morning and evening peak periods. To further enhance grid stability, Eskom plans to return a […]