South Africa’s headline consumer inflation slowed to 4.3% year on year in July from 5% in June, data from Statistics South Africa showed on Wednesday, breaking a four-month run of accelerating prices. Economists polled by Reuters had expected inflation would ease to 4.5%, helped by lower transport costs as fuel prices retreated after a temporary…
SpaceX has asked Icasa to resolve the black ownership rules blocking Starlink’s licensing, raising the issue at hearings ostensibly about satellite spectrum fees. Ryan Goodnight, senior director for market access and development at SpaceX, appeared before the the communications regulator on Wednesday to comment on draft amendments to the Radio Frequency Spectrum Regulations, 2015 and…
Rogue AI cases will become more frequent and dangerous. (Graphic: Nicola Mawson | GenAI & Magnific) Artificial intelligence (AI) is mimicking dubious human behaviour – even if unintentionally – by escaping test environments to hack companies or blackmail people as the models seek to complete set tasks in any way possible. This unintentional rogue behaviour…
Episode 7 of Watts & Wheels – TechCentral’s electric motoring show – opens with mock outrage: the South African Car of the Year results are in, and the Alfa Romeo Junior didn’t take the overall title. Hosts William Kelly and Duncan McLeod demand a recount – though they concede the Junior’s best design win takes…
Justin Baldoni broke his silence about the “It Ends With Us” dispute Wednesday, sharing a short video alongside his wife, Emily, on Instagram in which they said “gratitude” is what kept them going throughout the legal saga. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. “Gratitude has saved…
Climate change is transforming football, from more breaks during the game to billion-dollar cooling facilities, and it is ultimately the fans who will pay for it all. The 2026 Fifa World Cup continues to deliver drama in abundance. For South African fans, it is the rollercoaster ride of Bafana Bafana’s historic highs and devastating lows…
The French health minister has warned that the extreme conditions will result in additional deaths, and an emergency plan has been put in place for all hospitals in the Paris region because of “multiple tensions” in healthcare. In Marseille, an 18-month-old child died after being found in a car in a state of hyperthermia, in…
Argentina star Lionel Messi has set a new record for career goals scored at the men’s World Cup, recording his 17th World Cup goal against Austria on Monday. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. Messi scored the record goal in the 38th minute, burying a left-footed…
The South African Reserve Bank has raised its benchmark repo rate by 25 basis points to 7%, breaking a run of stability as a deepening Middle East crisis drives oil prices higher and reignites inflation. The increase, effective 29 May, was backed by four members of the monetary policy committee, with two favouring no change,…
Eskom’s Lethabo power station in the northern Free State Eskom Green has begun construction on a 75MW solar power plant at its Lethabo power station in the Free State – the first utility-scale renewable plant to be built on the footprint of an existing Eskom coal-fired station, and the start of a much larger pipeline…
