Seacom bets on AI-ready cable amid profit pressure

Seacom bets on AI-ready cable amid profit pressure

Alpheus Mangale, group CEO of Seacom. Pan-African submarine internet cable operator Seacom has launched a new subsea cable system across the Indian Ocean Basin, Middle East, Mediterranean and Southern Europe. Unveiled at Submarine Networks World 2025, in Singapore, Seacom says the project marks a leap toward securing Africa’s role in the global digital economy, while…

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Pressure mounts on Solly Malatsi as SABC stares down ‘risk of collapse’

Pressure mounts on Solly Malatsi as SABC stares down ‘risk of collapse’

Khusela Diko and Solly Malatsi Pressure is mounting on communications minister Solly Malatsi’s to act to rescue the SABC as it struggles to pay its escalating bills. On Monday, reporters heard that state-owned signal distributor Sentech, whose primary client is the SABC, is “subsidising” the public broadcaster’s signal distribution expenses to the tune of R70-million/month….

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Shifting shopper trends put pressure on retail connectivity

Shifting shopper trends put pressure on retail connectivity

Retail in South Africa is changing. As customers become more digitally empowered, the traditional, staff-led in-store experience is being replaced with self-service, smartphone-driven journeys. Tobie van Schalkwyk, Business Unit Lead at Duxbury Networking. Image supplied Shoppers want speed, independence, and seamless access to the same product information and services they have online. But while most…

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US museum denies political pressure in removal of Trump impeachment display | Donald Trump News

US museum denies political pressure in removal of Trump impeachment display | Donald Trump News

Smithsonian Institution says it will update exhibit to reflect all impeachments of US presidents following backlash. The parent organisation of a top-visited history museum in the United States has denied that political pressure played a role in the removal of a display about the impeachments of US President Donald Trump. The Smithsonian Institution, which runs the…

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