Solly Malatsi, communications and digital technologies minister. Minister Solly Malatsi yesterday officially informed the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Communications and Digital Technologies about his decision to pull the plug on South Africa’s draft National Artificial Intelligence (AI) Policy. As a result, the minister also requested time before Parliament’s oversight committee to explain the events that…
MTN Group CEO Ralph Mupita MTN Group CEO Ralph Mupita’s total remuneration for the 2025 financial year jumped by more than half to R99.3-million – the highest single-year package he has received since taking the top job at the JSE-listed telecommunications group in September 2020. Mupita’s R99.3-million earnings figure marks a 53% increase on the…
Valve is set to release its latest hardware entry, the Steam Controller, on Monday, May 4. Priced at $99 in the United States, the gamepad is designed to integrate seamlessly with the Steam ecosystem, offering compatibility across PCs, Macs, mobile devices, and the Steam Deck via the Steam Link app. Read: ASUS launches the dual-screen…
Home affairs minister Dr Leon Schreiber. (Image source: Department of Home Affairs) The Department of Home Affairs (DHA) plans to overhaul the country’s ports of entry into modern, secure and efficient gateways for trade and travel. This, as part of the department’s planned R12.5 billion border infrastructure project, said home affairs minister Dr Leon Schreiber…
MTN Group non-executive director Vincent Rague A non-executive director of MTN Group “inadvertently” traded the company’s shares during a JSE closed period in early January 2026, and did so without obtaining prior clearance – a breach of the JSE’s listings requirements and MTN’s own share dealing policy. The matter is disclosed in MTN’s 2025 integrated…
Traci Maynard, ICT channel and partnership specialist. I’ve spent my entire career working with partners across the tech spectrum − navigating the endless cycle of vendor portals, deal-reg hubs and battlecards before lunch. From that vantage point, I’ve watched the managed service provider (MSP) evolve from a simple reseller into the quiet backbone of the…
AI’s potential to disrupt businesses has sparked concerns over the dependency of US equity valuations on long-term growth forecasts, particularly in the software sector, Goldman Sachs said. “Terminal value” — a company’s worth beyond the next 10 years based on estimated earnings — accounts for about 75% of the S&P 500’s equity value, near a…
Srikanth Nellore, senior director of product management at Zscaler. Cloud-native security provider Zscaler has joined the list of sponsors for the annual ITWeb Security Summit 2026 in Johannesburg, where it will deliver a presentation on enabling agentic AI-data security. Zscaler operates the AI-powered Zero Trust Exchange to protect users and applications. Its core business is security…
Big Tech has spent hundreds of billions of dollars over three years to power the AI. But investors still want one answer: will all this spending pay off? Quarterly results from Alphabet, Microsoft, Meta and Amazon — all due on Wednesday — will gauge if the sky-high spending on AI has driven enough growth in…
Quantum computing is viewed as a long-term tool to improve business resilience against uncertainty. (Image source: 123RF) Quantum computing is beginning to shift from theoretical promise, to practical exploration for South African businesses, emerging as a potential tool to help organisations better manage uncertainty at scale. This is according to new analysis from PwC, which…
