JSE CEO Valdene Reddy The JSE has sustained a sharply higher rate of software investment into 2026 as it works towards a pan-African digital marketplace by 2031. The exchange spent R75.5-million acquiring intangible assets in the six months to June, three times the R24.4-million it spent in the same period last year. The step-change came…
Lebogang Maile, Gauteng MEC for education, sport, arts, culture and recreation. (Photograph by GDE) Gauteng education department MEC Lebogang Maile has announced the “successful” start of the 2027 online admissions application period for grades one and eight. This year marks the 11th anniversary since the Gauteng Department of Education (GDE) introduced its online admissions application…
Solly Malatsi. Image: DCDT South Africa will not align itself with either Washington or Beijing in AI, communications minister Solly Malatsi has told TechCentral, rejecting the central premise of a new Boston Consulting Group study that argues the window for countries to hedge between the two AI superpowers is closing. The Great Divide: How the…
NEHAWU is one of South Africa’s largest trade unions, representing workers across the public sector. (Image source: iStock) The Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA) has confirmed the forthcoming industrial action by members of the National Education, Health and Allied Workers’ Union (NEHAWU), which is scheduled to commence tomorrow. In a statement to ITWeb,…
Capitec has agreed to open its Capitec Pay platform to competing payment service providers, and not to favour it over the banking industry’s shared instant-payments rail, as conditions for regulatory approval of its acquisition of payments fintech Walletdoc. The Competition Commission has recommended that the Competition Tribunal approve the transaction subject to those conditions. The…
MTN has approximately 24.7% shareholding in IHS. MTN Group has moved a step closer to taking full ownership of telecommunications tower operator IHS Towers, after shareholders of the infrastructure company approved the proposed acquisition at an extraordinary general meeting (EGM). The JSE-listed telecommunications group today announced that IHS shareholders voted in favour of the transaction…
Online trading in South Africa has entered a new phase of maturity. Over the past decade, retail participation has surged, driven by greater access to financial education, improved connectivity and a growing appetite for global markets. South Africans are no longer passive observers of international financial trends. They are active participants, seeking platforms that offer…
A single, complete health record matters. I’m sitting in a specialist’s waiting room, phone open to a WhatsApp thread from 18 months ago, trying to remember what I actually came in to say. The medication that keeps my body from attacking itself is the same medication that makes it hard to hold onto the details…
SpaceX plans to build ground-based network infrastructure and turn Starlink into a full mobile service, president Gwynne Shotwell said on Tuesday — a shift that knocked shares in the largest US wireless carriers and puts the satellite operator on a collision course with terrestrial mobile networks. The company bought 65MHz of wireless spectrum licences from…
Social media is transforming the financial scam landscape in South Africa. (Image created via ChatGPT) South Africans are increasingly falling victim to investment scams promoted through social media and online platforms, prompting the Financial Sector Conduct Authority (FSCA) to intensify enforcement against digitally-enabled financial misconduct. The warning comes following the release of the FSCA’s latest…
