LG’s new campaign leverages music, the universal language, to foster deeper connections.

Divest, the African-founded crypto offramp platform that’s redefining how people turn crypto into cash, is officially launching in South Africa. With a promise to deliver payouts in under 60 seconds, eliminate the headaches of peer-to-peer trading, and offer the best market rates, Divest is stepping into the market with one mission: make crypto cashouts fast, […]

Look beyond the bullish headlines and the rally in bitcoin, and a vastly different landscape comes into view.

Cambridge’s Institute of Astronomy is trying to find a photo of Annie Walker, who died in 1940, to give her star billing

For more than a century, astronomers assumed she had simply “computed” complex calculations for the Victorian men who had exclusive use of Cambridge Observatory telescopes.

But researchers now say that Annie Walker – a Victorian woman who began working at the observatory in...

The brightest star in the constellation Virgo, Spica appears as a single object but is in fact a binary star

This week, the bright star Spica greets the passing moon. The chart shows the view looking south-west from London at 22.15 BST on 3 July 2025.

At 8.3 days old, and with 60% of its visible surface illuminated, the moon will be just past its first quarter (half moon) phase and into its...

Incredible now offers annual Google Workspace packages, unlocking the trusted suite of Google apps.

Trump says he thinks China’s president will probably approve a sale to the unidentified group.

Exclusive | Joburg residents will soon be able to pick up digital radio broadcasts using a promising next-generation broadcast technology.

Naspers has directed its executive team to identify new investment opportunities in South Africa by the end of its 2026 financial year as part of its next strategic investment cycle, according to a report in the Sunday Times. The global technology investor, which owns major South African platforms including Takealot, Mr D, Media24, AutoTrader and […]

South African financial institutions are currently holding more than R90 billion in unclaimed benefits that rightfully belong to members of the public, according to a report in the Sunday Times. This staggering amount includes R4.5 billion in unclaimed dividends alone, according to a recent report. Banks, retirement fund administrators, insurance companies and the Johannesburg Stock […]

The Democratic Alliance (DA) has rejected calls to leave South Africa’s Government of National Unity (GNU), despite tensions with the ANC over President Cyril Ramaphosa’s firing of DA deputy minister Andrew Whitfield, according to a report in the Sunday Times. At a heated two-hour federal executive meeting, some senior DA members pushed for the party […]

Embattled Road Accident Fund (RAF) CEO Collins Letsoalo allegedly spent over R10 million in public funds on his security detail, including a R4 million armoured BMW X5, over three years, according to a Sunday Times report. Law enforcement sources revealed that Letsoalo’s security detail, comprising nine bodyguards, makes him the most protected state-owned entity (SOE) CEO, surpassing […]

Does a good apology contain five steps, seven steps – even eight? And why do we find it so difficult?

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Got something to say sorry for? Here are words that have no place in your apologies, according to those who have spent years analysing them: “It was not my intent”. “What I meant was”. “Sorry you misunderstood”. And any use of the word...

With close encounters due in 2029 and 2032, space scientists are getting to grips with an existential threat

It is a scenario beloved of Hollywood: a huge asteroid, several miles wide, is on a collision course with Earth. Scientists check and recheck their calculations but there is no mistake – civilisation is facing a cataclysmic end unless the space rock can be deflected.

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Ahead of Telkom’s recent results announcement, I decided to revisit the annual report from 2003, the year the company listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange. It was like opening a time capsule. Fixed line revenue contributed 78% of the total, mobile data sales weren’t even reported (the launch of the iPhone was still four years […]

Windows 11 Pro is set to become the standard for modern business environments.

The Competition Tribunal has found that Vodacom’s Maziv deal would have caused harm to competition and market innovation.