
SARS tax crackdown slams brakes on SA’s e-commerce boom
Following tax and fee adjustments introduced in 2024, cross-border e-commerce growth has slowed to about 7%, signalling the end of “indiscriminate low-price competition”.
SATURDAY, 16 MAY 2026, 22:46

Following tax and fee adjustments introduced in 2024, cross-border e-commerce growth has slowed to about 7%, signalling the end of “indiscriminate low-price competition”.

María de Jesús Estrada Juárez was applying for her green card and thought she was doing everything right. Instead, she was arrested and deported to Mexico.

Group CITO Johnson Idesoh says the bank will deploy “super agents” to scan its systems and shorten patch cycles.

Securonix will present on AI-driven security operations at the ITWeb Security Summit 2026 in Johannesburg.

Gauteng and the DA clash over the CCTV camera network, with disputes over offline cameras and crime-fighting effectiveness.

CFTC chairman Michael Selig sat down with WIRED to discuss how the agency scours Polymarket and other prediction markets for illegal activity.

The expansion is central to the home affairs department’s plan to finally retire the much-defrauded green ID book.

The Thinking Machines Lab founder and former CTO of OpenAI tells WIRED she isn’t interested in automating people out of jobs. Instead, she’s building AI that can collaborate.

The digital bank targets 210 million global customers, as it rebrands and empowers 1 800 staff with a R100 million stake.

The local payment platform defends the BNPL model after announcing its partnership with Ozow.

Tech discussions must focus on innovation and digital transformation as drivers of socio-economic growth, Sentech Africa Tech Week hears.

Global Tier 1 carrier Cogent Communications is now live at Digital Parks Africa’s (DPA) Samrand data centre, giving customers direct access to one of the world’s largest Internet Protocol (IP) backbone networks from within the facility. As a Tier 1 Internet Service Provider (ISP), Cogent owns and operates a global network enabling high performance and […]

The communications minister has thrown his weight behind a section 25BB extension that the sector has long sought.

DStv, the market leader in South African entertainment, has partnered with Discovery Bank as part of its Discovery Miles rewards programme. “Partnering with Discovery to give our customers such great value is an obvious choice,” says Willington Ngwepe, CEO of MultiChoice, the broadcasting services licensee in South Africa. “DStv customers who bank with Discovery can earn up to 50%...

The Information Regulator has not authorised any certification scheme — businesses relying on third-party “Certified” badges are left exposed to significant legal and financial risk. ATG Digital, a provider of access control and data compliance solutions for gated environments, has published an alert to South African organisations. It warns about a growing and potentially costly...
SpaceX has detailed major Starship V3 upgrades ahead of a launch targeted as early as May 19. The changes are meant to move Starship closer to its core goals: rapid reuse, Starlink deployment, orbital refueling, and eventually Moon and Mars missions. Longtime Slashdot reader schwit1 shares a report from Teslarati: Here is an explicit, broken-down list of the key changes, first starting with the...

The company will demonstrate how organisations can move beyond compliance-based security approaches towards true operational readiness.

The acquisition extends HOSTAFRICA’s hosting offering into a developer-first app platform aimed at agencies, software development companies and SaaS teams building for the local market.
The standoff comes as Chinese firms increasingly turn to domestic chipmakers like Huawei, in a drive to reduce China’s dependence on Western technologies.

A silent enabler of organised crime, untraceable SIM cards can and must be stopped by technology that already exists.

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