The BYD Dolphin Surf Chinese electric vehicle maker BYD is deliberately avoiding a price war in South Africa as competition ramps up in the continent’s second biggest car market, its local MD said on Wednesday. South Africa has seen a growing influx of new electric, plug-in hybrid, range extender and traditional hybrid car brands, many…
Chinese automotive giant Geely Auto has officially introduced its third model to the South African market: the E2, a fully electric hatchback. Starting at R339,900, the E2 arrives with significant global momentum, having been China’s top-selling vehicle overall in 2025 under the “Geome Xinguan” nameplate. With over 465,000 units sold in its home country last…
AI literacy is no longer the preserve of developers and data scientists. According to Pnet’s Job Market Trends Report for March 2026, released on Monday, competence in AI tools is fast becoming a baseline expectation across South African white-collar roles – from finance and office administration to education and business management. The report traces two…
The woman has been sentenced to a year in jail for laundering money for her son who is imprisoned in Cambodia.
SportyTV, an African-focused streaming platform, said on Monday that it has acquired pay-television rights to show all 104 matches of the 2026 Fifa World Cup in South Africa. The deal, which SportyTV said was struck directly with Fifa, marks a significant escalation for the platform in a market where MultiChoice Group’s SuperSport has held the…
Audi South Africa’s Asif Hoosen South Africa’s electric vehicle market is failing to grow and Audi says import taxes and a lack of consumer incentives are largely to blame, with the premium segment declining in full battery electric sales last year. That was the message from Asif Hoosen, head of sales and planning at Audi…
Optasia CEO Salvador Anglada Optasia has secured US$330-million (R5.4-billion) in refinanced and upsized debt facilities, with Standard Bank acting as joint mandated lead arranger and underwriter in a deal that deepens the banking group’s relationship with the JSE-listed fintech. The facilities comprise a $180-million term loan and $150-million in bank guarantees, and are designed to…
South Africa’s ability to compete in the global digital economy is slipping, with key metrics on infrastructure, broadband access and the country’s skills profile lagging as peer economies make faster headway. These are among the findings of the South Africa’s Digital Infrastructure Investment Study (Sadis) 2025 report (PDF) released by the Development Bank of Southern…
South Africa’s broadband access market is expected to reach R82.8-billion in revenue by 2029, with 3.7 million new active subscriptions, according to the latest SA Broadband Report from ICT analyst firm BMIT. The headline growth rate – a compound annual growth rate of 8.6% – is driven overwhelmingly by the residential market, where both fibre-to-the-home…
Communications minister Solly Malatsi. Image: DCDT Communications minister Solly Malatsi has gazetted South Africa’s draft national AI policy for public comment, opening a 60-day window for submissions on an 86-page document that proposes a sweeping new institutional architecture – including seven new oversight bodies – to govern the development and deployment of AI across the…
