
Rand under severe pressure
The rand has tumbled below R16.90/$ as investors dump risk assets amid the unfolding crisis in the Middle East.
WEDNESDAY, 11 MARCH 2026, 13:25

The rand has tumbled below R16.90/$ as investors dump risk assets amid the unfolding crisis in the Middle East.

The funding round was led by Norrsken22, with participation from OneDayYes, Enza Capital and CV VC Africa.
System76 isn’t the only one criticizing new age-verification laws. The blog 9to5Linux published an “informal” look at other discussions in various Linux communities.Earlier this week, Ubuntu developer Aaron Rainbolt proposed on the Ubuntu mailing list an optional D-Bus interface (org.freedesktop.AgeVerification1) that can be implemented by arbitrary applications as a distro sees fit, but...

The programme aims to tackle the region’s shortage of skilled cloud, Linux and cyber security professionals.

Fintech start-up NjiaPay has bagged $2.1-million in seed funding to simplify payments across Africa.

In search of a new adventure, Craig Munns went back to school. Now, at 65, he spends his days examining long-vanished life forms
Craig Munns has a large model of a T rex on his desk. He got it with a magazine subscription two decades ago. One day, a few years ago, he was sitting in his study, which was dense with books and yellow sticky notes and posters charting evolution from single cells...

The company will explore macro trends within the marketplace and their effect on data centres.

Type II compliance independently verifies that security and operational controls are not only well designed but consistently effective over an extended review period.

SA needs formalised and comprehensive AI legislation and governance frameworks, with improved AI literacy at executive level, says Antony Makins, chair of the Institute of Information Technology Professionals South Africa.

Chillisoft’s graduate programme is a core aspect of its sustainability strategy, says Peter Wiles, MD at Chillisoft Solution Services.

The Unitech RT112 WOA is engineered for industries where mobility, uptime and reliability directly impact service delivery and operational efficiency.

AI is expected to drive hyper-personalisation, deeper automation and even emotional intelligence in future digital systems.

Make the shift from a compliance-only practice to an ERP advisory partner.

Constellation of Cancer is not easy to locate but reward is the star cluster M44 at its centre
The constellation of Cancer, the crab, is now high in the southern sky during the late evening. While not the easiest constellation to locate because it does not contain any truly bright stars, it does offer a reward for patient observation: the star cluster M44, also known as the beehive...

The World Bank has committed to a credit guarantee facility aimed at unlocking $10-billion for infrastructure investment.

Oil prices have surged by the most since the 1970s, triggering a global market rout and stoking inflation fears.
Colliding black holes were detected through spacetime ripples for the first time in 2015 by the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO), notes Space.com:Since then, LIGO and its partner gravitational wave detectors Virgo in Italy and KAGRA (Kamioka Gravitational Wave Detector) in Japan have detected a multitude of gravitational waves from colliding black holes, merging...
Within the last month two U.S> judges have effectively declared AI bots are not human, writes Los Angeles Times columnist Michael Hiltzik:On Monday, the Supreme Court declined to take up a lawsuit in which artist and computer scientist Stephen Thaler tried to copyright an artwork that he acknowledged had been created by an AI bot of his own invention. That left in place a ruling last year by...
CNN reports on a company called Automated Architecture (AUAR) which makes “portable” micro-factories that use a robotic arm to produce wooden framing for houses (the walls, floors and roofs):Co-founder Mollie Claypool says the micro-factories will be able to produce the panels quicker, cheaper and more precisely than a timber framing crew, freeing up carpenters to focus on the construction of...

Medical data from 100m people shows risk 122% higher for amphetamine users, 96% higher for cocaine and 37% higher for cannabis
Recreational drugs can more than double the risk of stroke, with some of the most concerning impacts seen among younger people, a major review suggests.
Scientists analysed medical data from more than 100 million people and found that the risk of stroke was 122% higher...
A long-time information security professional “went undercover” on Moltbook, the Reddit-like social media site for AI agents — and shares the risks they saw while posing as another AI bot:I successfully masqueraded around Moltbook, as the agents didn’t seem to notice a human among them. When I attempted a genuine connection with other bots on submolts (subreddits or forums), I was met with...