ICASA regulations on data expiry seek to help reduce the cost to communicate in SA. Communications minister Solly Malatsi has described the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa’s (ICASA’s) regulatory moves on mobile data expiry as a useful intervention to bring down the cost to communicate. However, he believes the resultant legal deliberations are likely…
CXMT‘s blockbuster Shanghai debut has put it in the spotlight, but analysts say closing the technology gap in advanced memory chips, not investor enthusiasm, will determine whether it can challenge the global market leaders. The Chinese memory maker’s nearly 466% surge in its Monday market debut has fueled optimism that Beijing’s years-long push to build…
Lead author Tatjana Kleine creates quantum topologies in the laboratory Physicists at Wits University have shown that information carried on light can survive a trip through turbulent air completely intact, even when the light itself arrives so badly distorted that it is unrecognisable. That matters because of what it could eventually make possible — so-called…
Hair found in Nancy Guthrie’s home in Arizona is not linked to any potential suspects in her disappearance, federal law enforcement officials said Thursday. In a brief statement, the FBI’s Phoenix office said that “all hair had been resolved and it does not point to a suspect” in the investigation. The FBI declined to comment…
Ozow said the API-based approach removes the need for customers to share banking credentials or complete manual EFT processes. South African fintech company Ozow has partnered with First National Bank (FNB) and Rand Merchant Bank (RMB) to launch a payment API designed to improve account-to-account payments by replacing traditional electronic fund transfer (EFT) processes with direct…
The Ebola outbreak that emerged in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo and crossed into neighbouring Uganda may have been killing people for weeks before the alarm was raised. When Médecins Sans Frontières investigated in May 2026, it reported that at least 55 people had died since the beginning of April. On May 17, the…
US President Donald Trump says the Board of Peace has reached an agreement for the “complete disarmament” of Hamas and other armed groups in Gaza in what he says was “a critical step towards Gaza finally being governed by a new Palestinian government”. It was unclear whether Hamas and Israel were part of the agreement….
This week, Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) released the Operational Toolkit for the Prevention, Diagnosis and Management of Hepatitis B. It is a deliberately practical document. Treatment algorithms. Liver fibrosis assessment. Clinical decision support for a nurse in a district facility where the nearest specialist is hundreds of kilometres away. Developed…
One in every five new vehicles sold in South Africa in the first quarter of 2026 was Chinese. It is a statistic that would have seemed fanciful a decade ago, when Chinese cars occupied a dusty corner of the market; within a few years, brands such as Chery and Geely would abandon the country altogether…
Ending the military-heavy AUSSOM gives the AU space to develop a political mission focused on long-term stabilisation. After nearly 20 years of operations, the African Union Stabilisation and Support Mission in Somalia (AUSSOM) is no longer tenable. On 1 July, the United States (US) notified the AU that it would not provide funding for the…
