South Africa’s available land could attract larger AI data centre campuses. (Image source: 123RF) South Africa is emerging as one of the markets for next-wave data centre growth in the Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) region, with the country’s availability of land potentially giving it an advantage, as established European hubs face growing constraints….
This October, Bellville’s entrepreneurial spirit takes centre stage as Bellville Business Expo (BBEXPO) 2026 returns to Tyger Valley Centre for its fourth annual business expo, transforming one of the region’s busiest retail spaces into a celebration of local business, creativity and community. More than an exhibition, BBEXPO invites the public to discover the businesses shaping…
The Department of Social Development seeks to appoint a service provider to render a hosted call centre service for its Gender-Based Violence Command Centre. (Image source: iStock) With school holidays and Heritage Day providing interruptions to the working week, National Treasury’s eTenders Portal delivers a quiet week. Despite the low volume of tenders, the hardware…
SASSA seeks a cloud-based omni-channel contact centre as a service solution. (Image source: iStock) National Treasury’s eTenders Portal delivers a mixed bag for the ICT industry this week, with a rush of new advertisements favouring those companies that are eager to engage in lower value, quick turnaround quotation requests. A new tender from the South…
The City of Cape Town has begun drafting refined development guidelines for large-scale data centre applications, marking its first formal acknowledgment that current municipal approval frameworks require systemic reform. The policy shift arrives alongside confirmation that a controversial rezoning approval granted in July for a hyperscale data centre precinct at King Air Industria has been…
The City of Cape Town is drafting new development guidelines for large data centre applications, its first public acknowledgement that the approvals process needs changing, and has confirmed that the rezoning it granted in July for a hyperscale precinct at King Air Industria is suspended and cannot be acted on. Separately, Equinix, the US operator…
Civil society groups say Equinix’s data centre was approved without considering its impact on nearby communities. Activists have lodged an appeal against the rezoning approval given for this land near Cape Town Airport to be the site for a hyperscale data centre. Archive photo: Ashraf Hendricks / GroundUp Activists are appealing the City of Cape…
In South Africa, the debate about protecting young people from drugs is increasingly raising a different question: are current policies actually helping those who need support most? Charity Monareng, Executive Director of Students for Sensible Drug Policy International, said answering that question requires looking beyond prevention and asking whether young people have meaningful access to…
Nairobi — Kenya has stepped up its ambitions to become East Africa’s leading digital hub with the launch of the NBO2 data centre in Nairobi, expanding infrastructure needed to support artificial intelligence, cloud computing, financial technology and regional digital connectivity. The facility, operated by Digital Realty following its acquisition of iColo, is designed to provide…
Ukraine’s chief prosecutor Ruslan Kravchenko has resigned over corruption allegations related to illegal call centres in the country. It follows a search of his offices over the weekend by Ukrainian anti-corruption investigators, who said they had identified a money-laundering scheme led by an official in Kravchenko’s office. In his resignation letter, Kravchenko said he did…
