Nedbank is the latest non-telecommunication brand to enter the mobile market, launching an MVNO – or mobile virtual network operator. Nedbank Connect has partnered with MTN South Africa to provide the service to its clients and is offering aggressively priced data and voice plans. The build-your-own plan feature enables custom combinations of data, minutes and…
Third-year students pursuing a degree in IT and computers are invited to apply for the Amazon (Software Development Engineer) Recruitment Bursary, for the 2026 academic year. Bursaries will be awarded for studies related to the following fields (Undergraduate and Honours): Artificial Intelligence Computer Engineering Computer Science Data Science Information Systems Information Technology Machine Learning Software…
Most of South Africa’s five largest banks are increasing their spend on IT – excluding staff costs – in single-digit percentages, their most recent full-year financial results show. However, Capitec – although not the biggest spender in absolute terms – bucked the industry trend by increasing its spend by 32% year on year for the…
Whether you’re after your next car, bakkie, van, mom-mobile or something a bit more exotic, WeBuyCars is making sure South Africans think of them first. That’s what it takes to run one of the country’s biggest and busiest vehicle marketplaces – one that now attracts a staggering 8.7 million website visits and 2.6 million unique…
The popular Ford Ranger model is manufactured at the company’s plant outside Pretoria Ford Motor’s South African unit plans to lay off more than 470 employees as it seeks to adjust production capacity to match current and future market demands, the South African Solidarity union said on Thursday. Ford has sent an official notice to…
Bankserv Africa – now PayInc – CEO Stephen Linnell Automated clearing house and settlements hub BankservAfrica on Thursday announced a major refresh of the company’s brand, changing its name to PayInc to align itself with shifts in the local payments landscape. The move goes well beyond a name change, however, and marks a significant shift…
South Korea’s former first lady Kim Keon Hee arrives at the special prosecutor’s office in Seoul, South Korea, August 6, 2025. Kim Hong-Ji | Reuters South Korea on Friday indicted its former first lady, Kim Keon Hee, on charges of bribery and market manipulation. She was indicted for amassing over 1 billion won (about $720,000)…
Digital fraud is on the rise in South Africa, with the number of incidents reported by the banking sector in the 2024 calendar nearly doubling year on year. The rate of successful incidents is just as endemic, growing by more than two-thirds over the same period. This is according to the South African Banking Risk…
With the margins tightening and two defining fixtures ahead, Broos’ men know their World Cup destiny hinges on Bloemfontein South Africa coach Hugo Broos has named his 23-man squad for next month’s crucial 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifiers against Lesotho and Nigeria, fixtures that could define Bafana Bafana’s path to the global stage. The group…
For decades, the dominant theories and models in urban studies have been built from the experience of a small set of mostly western cities. Other urban contexts, particularly those in Africa, Latin America and Asia, have too often been treated as peripheral, as if they simply copy or lag behind “northern” norms. Urban geographer Jennifer…
