Service is everyone’s problem now

Service is everyone’s problem now

If you’re leading technology in a South African organisation right now, you’ve probably felt the same tension: service expectations keep rising, while teams stay lean. It shows up in the small moments that become big problems: A “quick” onboarding becomes three different tickets across three departments. An incident escalates, but no one has the full…

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OPINION: Rural connectivity finally gets its moment

OPINION: Rural connectivity finally gets its moment

Paul Colmer, executive member of WAPA. After years of planning, trials and technical validation, dynamic spectrum sharing has moved from regulatory aspiration to proven reality – and it happened faster than anyone in the industry expected. In late January 2026, stakeholders gathered in KwaZulu-Natal to witness the culmination of field trials that could fundamentally reshape…

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SABC Plus tops two million registered users

SABC Plus tops two million registered users

SABC Plus, the free online streaming platform, has reached two million registered users, the public broadcaster said in a statement on Thursday. According to the SABC, the SABC Plus platform continues to serve as the “perfect puzzle piece” in its digital distribution strategy, as it redefines itself in the age of digital media. The number…

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MeerKAT discovers cosmic laser halfway across the universe

MeerKAT discovers cosmic laser halfway across the universe

An illustration of the distant galaxy eight billion light-years away (red), magnified by an unrelated foreground disk galaxy, resulting in a red ring. (Image source: Inter-University Institute for Data-Intensive Astronomy) Astronomers using the MeerKAT radio telescope in South Africa have discovered the most distant hydroxyl megamaser ever detected. This is according to the South African…

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South Africa’s dynamic spectrum breakthrough

South Africa’s dynamic spectrum breakthrough

The author, Paul Colmer The digital divide in South Africa just got its most credible solution yet. After years of planning, trials and technical validation, dynamic spectrum sharing has moved from regulatory aspiration to proven reality – and it happened faster than anyone in the industry expected. In late January 2026, stakeholders gathered in KwaZulu-Natal…

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