Netflix marks 10 years and production partnerships in South Africa. Since making it local debut in 2016, Netflix productions have created over 8 000 direct and indirect jobs across South Africa. The global streaming giant also invested R2.4 billion in the local market, between 2016 and 2022. This was revealed at a press showcase in…
MTN South Africa CEO Ferdi Moolman MTN South Africa is rebuilding the way it prices wholesale access for mobile virtual network operators and will now sell capacity more cheaply at deliberately lower quality, giving MVNOs a trade-off between price and performance they did not previously have. CEO Ferdi Moolman told TechCentral in an interview that…
Mandi Pietersen, Dariel Backups are, theoretically, designed to be the one clean thing left standing in a compromised estate. Experts no longer describe them as simple storage tasks but, rather, as a critical part of an organisation’s resilience strategy, determining how quickly, and safely, it can return to business after a cyber incident. But according…
Very late to the party … Apple’s newly announced iPhone Duo The first iPhone in 2007 mainstreamed touch-screen technology, years after it was developed. Now Apple is betting its maiden foldable phone can do the same for a format stuck in a niche despite years of efforts from Samsung and Huawei. The $1 999 foldable iPhone…
The Johannesburg High Court found that crypto-currency is subject to current forex rules. (Graphic: Nicola Mawson | Freepik) A new crypto coalition, called CATASTROPHE, warns proposed cross-border regulations could threaten thousands of jobs, hit millions of crypto holders and cost the fiscus billions of rand in tax revenue. It is calling on National Treasury and…
Apple on Wednesday unveiled a foldable called iPhone Duo, introducing the biggest change in years in the company’s flagship product. The US$1 999 starting price for the iPhone Duo means it will could cost north of R50 000 when it is launched in South Africa. TechCentral has calculated this estimate based on the non-discounted price of…
Fire Force and Discovery Insure urge homeowners to maintain solar systems. Fires related to solar power installations now make up a quarter of all structural fires attended by Fire Force, reflecting the growing fire risk associated with the rapid expansion of residential solar systems in South Africa. This is according to recent response data collected…
Shoprite Group CTO Chris Shortt Chris Shortt, chief technology officer at Shoprite Group, says the work of the next five years is meeting the customer at their point of need, wherever that is – and that this does not mean the end of the store. Speaking on TechCentral’s Meet the CIO podcast series, brought to…
The winners of the Brainstorm CIO of the Year Awards 2025: the Information Regulator’s Tando Luyaba (left) and Standard Bank’s Khomotso Molabe. ITWeb Brainstorm has opened nominations for its CIO of the Year Awards for 2026. With a history of recognising the vital role the chief information officer (CIO) plays in the modern organisation, through…
The South African Reserve Bank (Sarb) says its approach to stablecoins has not been settled, in its first response to the public campaign launched on Wednesday, 9 September by South Africa’s largest regulated crypto platforms against its proposed cross-border crypto restrictions. “These are draft requirements, and national treasury and Sarb, in collaboration with other regulators,…
