Disney inks Netflix deal ahead of major upgrades
At a media showcase in Johannesburg on Tuesday, The Walt Disney Company Africa highlighted upcoming releases, including new seasons of Percy Jackson and the Olympians and a new Ice Age feature film, while detailing a broader content licensing agreement with rival streamer Netflix. Read: ASUS ROG Zephyrus Duo Review: Two-screen titan Under the terms of…
Moody’s holds steady on France’s credit rating
A protester holds a French flag during a demonstration as part of a nationwide mobilization over rising living costs, fuel prices and education funding in Paris, France, on Oct. 17, 2026. Ibrahim Ezzat | Anadolu | Getty Images Moody’s opted to maintain its credit rating on France as the country contended with a week of…
VIDEO: ITWeb honours top CIOs of 2026
Pandelani Munyai, group CIO at Transnet, and Jochem Melis, CIO of cloud, infrastructure and core platforms at Absa, have won the public and private sector categories respectively at the ITWeb Brainstorm CIO Awards 2026. Pandelani Munyai, group CIO of Transnet, and Jochem Melis, CIO of cloud, infrastructure and core platforms at Absa, have won the…
Vanessa Trump says she is ‘cancer-free’ after breast cancer treatment
Vanessa Trump, ex-wife of Donald Trump Jr., revealed Friday that she is cancer-free, after beginning treatment for breast cancer earlier this year. “I am finally cancer-free,” Trump, 48, said in a video posted by her daughter, Kai Trump, who leaned over to hug her mother after she announced the news. Kai Trump wrote in the…
Roof that powers two malls and an office park: Redefine wheeling
Redefine Properties has switched on a R106-million solar plant on a warehouse roof in Brackengate, Cape Town, that will wheel electricity through the city’s grid to three of its properties. It comes three years after Redefine announced the project, and R20-million above its first estimate. The property group this week launched the 7MWp (megawatt-peak) plant…
Argentina drops investigation into Milei over crypto fraud
A criminal investigation into Argentine President Javier Milei and his sister’s links to a cryptocurrency scandal has been dropped. The case against Milei and his sister Karina Milei was dismissed by federal judge Marcelo Martinez de Giorgi at the request of prosecutors, court records show. The Argentinian president had denied promoting the newly launched cryptocoin…
SpaceX explores Tesla acquisition amid AI revenue surge
Elon Musk has confirmed that SpaceX and Tesla have established independent special committees to evaluate a potential combination of the two companies, sending SpaceX shares up 8% and Tesla shares up 1.8% in extended trading. Read: ASUS ROG Zephyrus Duo Review: Two-screen titan The official confirmation follows months of market speculation regarding an operational merger…
Africa: ‘Too Arrogant, Too Sure of Itself’ France Confronts Its Legacy in Africa
Fifteen years after France promised a new relationship with Africa, Paris is still struggling to reconcile its rejection of colonial-era interference with its desire to retain influence on the continent. RFI Africa specialist Christophe Boisbouvier argues in a new book that France can still build a partnership of equals – based on respect rather than…
Gunman in Paris suburb kills 1, wounds several in possible terrorist act, wanted “to cause a bloodbath,” officials say
A gunman shooting from his car killed one person and wounded several others in the Paris suburb of Trappes on Friday, in what authorities described as a racially motivated act of terrorism. President Emmanuel Macron called it “a racist terror attack” and said the suspect’s statements suggested it was premeditated. The alleged shooter was “firing…
Minister issues directive on telco infrastructure sharing
Communications minister Solly Malatsi. (Image source: DCDT) Minister Solly Malatsi has moved to simplify network deployment, asking the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA) to revisit the rules governing infrastructure sharing. Published in a Government Gazettethis week, the policy direction instructs ICASA to review its facilities leasing regulations and principles for the rapid deployment…
