The Reserve Bank will start piloting white-labelled ATMs in January, the first step in a plan to turn all of South Africa’s more than 30 000 machines into a shared, unbranded network where transactions below a set threshold are free. To get there, the central bank intends to establish a national cash utility by March 2027…
iPhone’s new folding phone, the Duo Apple’s iPhone Duo will cost South Africans R47 999 for the 256GB model and R76 999 for the 2TB version, according to pricing on the iStore website. That makes the foldable the most expensive iPhone in the Apple reseller’s range. The top-end 2TB Duo costs R17 000 more than a 2TB iPhone…
Pay for the CEOs of South Africa’s 200 largest listed companies rose by 9% in the year to February, but almost all of the increase came from bonuses and share awards rather than salaries. Median total remuneration for CEOs of JSE Top 200 companies climbed to R23.2-million, and chief financial officer pay rose 7% to…
Trade minister Parks Tau. Leah Millis/Reuters South Africa will stop providing policy support for carmakers that import near-complete vehicles for local assembly, trade, industry & competition minister Parks Tau said on Thursday, as the government overhauls the programme that underpins the country’s car industry. Speaking at South African Auto Week, Tau said the government had…
Private renewable energy producers that wheel power – selling it directly to data centres and other large users and delivering it over the grid – have no regulated compensation if the grid operator switches them off because of oversupply. That gap has not cost them yet: as far as the South African Photovoltaic Industry Association…
The author, department of communications & digital technologies director-general Nonkqubela Thathakahle Jordan-Dyani What happens when the digital systems we rely on every day stop working? A hospital cannot reach patient records. A municipality cannot deliver essential services. A business cannot process payments. Citizens are locked out of services they depend on. The consequences are felt…
MTN South Africa has achieved peak download speeds of 10.35Gbit/s during a live trial of 5G-Advanced technology operating in the upper 6GHz spectrum band. Conducted at MTN’s Johannesburg headquarters under a temporary test license from the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (Icasa), the trial represents Africa’s first demonstration of 5G-Advanced in this frequency range….
Foreign Affairs Minister Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa has assured Ghanaians that the government remains ready to evacuate nationals from South Africa if their lives are threatened by further attacks. He said the completion of the recent evacuation exercise did not mean Ghana had closed the door on bringing home citizens who may need assistance. Mr Ablakwa…
Groupe Canal+ is gearing up to introduce its flagship streaming application across MultiChoice territories, including South Africa, following the recent registration of local digital infrastructure. Recent network visibility of a regional landing page indicates that the rollout is imminent, bringing a unified over-the-top (OTT) service designed to integrate third-party platforms like Netflix directly into the…
Anna Collard South Africans who have been scammed, hacked, extorted or harassed online now have a free place to turn for help. The Cyber Helpline, a UK charity, has launched a 12-month pilot in South Africa with local social impact organisation MiDO Academy, funded by Amazon Web Services. The service covers a wide range of…
