The public will not see South Africa’s redrafted national AI policy until cabinet approves it for comment, and it is now only due before cabinet by March 2027, months later than promised. The officials rewriting it have until 30 November to finish their draft. Jeanette Morwane, acting deputy director-general at the department of communications &…
Vodacom Group CTO Dejan Kastelic Vodacom believes South Africa could be ready to switch off its 3G networks within 12-24 months, but group CTO Dejan Kastelic says no operator will want to do it alone. “We would be super keen to switch off 3G in all of the markets, not only South Africa,” Kastelic told…
A major regulatory impasse has stalled SpaceX’s launch of Starlink satellite internet services in South Africa, jeopardizing a proposed R500 million investment designed to connect thousands of rural schools. Read: Anthropic files for historic Nasdaq IPO According to statements by US Ambassador to South Africa Leo Brent Bozell III, SpaceX CEO Elon Musk offered to…
South African industry scores better on electrification than its counterparts in Germany, the US and the UK, according to a new 16-country index. On electric vehicles, however, the country trails far behind Ethiopia, and its grid is among the index’s weakest performers. The first edition of the Electrification Competitiveness Index (ECI), developed by the We…
South African author and PlotProse founder Coral Hart has written over 370 books since February 2025 by pairing custom prompt engineering with artificial intelligence models. The strategic turn to generative AI began as an experiment after a major publisher cancelled her traditional ghost-writing contracts in favour of automated tools. Read: Anthropic files for historic Nasdaq…
H3C sponsors charity golf day. (Image: AI-enhanced) H3C, which positions itself a global leader in digital and artificial intelligence solutions, has reaffirmed its commitment to science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) education in South Africa by continuing its support of the annual CSIR Golf Club Charity Golf Day as a Diamond Sponsor. Held at the…
Only two weeks after undergoing surgery for lung cancer, Pope Leo XIV has been given the medical green light to embark on an ambitious 12-day tour of South America next month. “Based on his current clinical status, as well as the instrumental and laboratory tests performed, there are no contraindications that would prevent him from…
Liza Key transformed South Africa’s film scene, challenging apartheid censorship, nurturing filmmakers and bringing humanity to stories of injustice, opening new possibilities for South African storytelling. Liza Key (1954-2026) In the first week of September 1990 a bomb went off in the Avalon Theatre in Fordsburg – the first act of political violence I experienced…
South Africa is on the brink of a historic political breakthrough. The latest national polling places the Democratic Alliance at 28.4%, just 1.2 percentage points behind the ANC on 29.6%. The gap between the two parties has narrowed to the point where the DA is now within striking distance of becoming South Africa’s largest political…
Apple CEO John Ternus. Carlos Barria/Reuters Sales of Apple’s first folding phone, the iPhone Duo, began on Friday, with market watchers betting on whether the device can reinvent the small foldables market in the same way the iPhone did for smartphones. The Duo’s reception could be an early test for new CEO John Ternus, the…
