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…
FIFA is being criticized over its decision to lift the red card suspension for leading U.S. Men’s National Team scorer Folarin Balogun, allowing him to play against Belgium on Monday night. The Union of European Football Associations, Europe’s soccer governing body, said FIFA “crossed a red line,” and expressed its “disbelief” at a decision it called “unprecedented,…
Operators propose immediate safeguards and long-term RICA amendments to close gaps exploited by fraudsters using improperly registered SIM cards. (Image by Nicola Mawson) South Africa’s telecommunications industry is proposing a new framework aimed at strengthening SIM card registration requirements. It also recommends amendments to the Regulation of Interception of Communications and Provision of Communication-Related Information…
Visa is preparing the rails for AI agents to shop and pay on South Africans’ behalf – and a deepening global partnership with OpenAI has added fresh impetus to that effort. As TechCentral reported earlier this month, Visa has enrolled local banks in its Agentic Ready programme, which prepares financial institutions to process fully autonomous…
Funda ngesiZuluBy Razeen Gutta The 2026 Fifa World Cup exploded into life with a night of red cards at the Estadio Azteca, as Mexico beat Bafana Bafana 2-0 in Thursday’s Group A opener. The showpiece event kicked off with the first of three magical opening ceremonies, as Shakira headlined proceedings with a live performance of…
Johannesburg — Mastercard and Yellow Card have announced a partnership to expand stablecoin-based payment solutions across Eastern Europe, the Middle East and Africa, including Kenya. The two firms said they will explore the use of stablecoins in cross-border money transfers, business-to-business payments, digital loyalty programmes and treasury management. The partnership will initially focus on markets…
Bitget Wallet, the everyday finance app, today announced the expansion of its crypto card in South Africa. The card lets users spend crypto directly from a self-custodial wallet at hundreds of millions of merchants worldwide, covering everyday purchases such as groceries, travel, and digital subscriptions using stablecoins converted at the point of sale. Designed for…
JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon pushed back on calls by the administration of United States President Donald Trump to cap credit card interest rates, claiming that if Congress follows through, it would result in an “economic disaster”. Dimon made his comments on Wednesday at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. Recommended Stories list of…
Transport minister Barbara Creecy. Image: GCIS South Africa’s long-delayed plan to modernise its driving licence card system has been thrown back into uncertainty. This follows the high court in Pretoria overturning a multimillion-rand tender awarded to French technology company Idemia. It declared the tender irregular, invalid and unenforceable. The ruling was welcomed by transport minister…
Six African football legends are urging the continent to unite and step up efforts to vaccinate every child against the life-threatening polio virus. In partnership with the UN-backed Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI), they have launched the ‘Kick Out Polio’ campaign ahead of the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) 2025 which begins in Morocco on…
