No South Africa, Joburg metro police did not arrest foreigners with stolen traffic lights – old video recycled to fuel xenophobia IN SHORT: A series of posts on social media claim that Johannesburg’s metro police arrested five foreigners found in possession of stolen traffic lights. But the metro police have debunked this. The clip shared…
South Africa has the legislative foundation to respond to nation-scale cyberattacks but the practical capacity has yet to be realised. A wave of distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks earlier this week disrupted connectivity across more than half a dozen South African hosting providers and internet specialists, including 1-grid, Xneelo, Network Platforms, Host Africa and Domains.co.za. Tens…
If South Africa’s Sim registration story played out the way we imagine it should, this would be the moment we cut to sunshine, trust and seamless onboarding. But that’s not our reality. Rica – once seen as a global pioneer – is now straining under pressures it wasn’t built for. The past year has made…
Honor Technologies Africa has officially expanded its local smartphone lineup with the launch of its latest mid-range contenders: the Honor 600 and Honor 600 Pro. Positioned as “flagship killers” by Jacques Mapepe, Honor’s Head of Product Training, the new devices target the highly competitive South African mid-tier market by combining premium design elements with high-end…
More South Africans are turning to emergency airtime to stay connected. (Image generated via ChatGPT) As South Africans battle relentless financial pressure, millions are increasingly turning to emergency airtime and data advances to stay connected. What was once marketed by mobile operators as a short-term convenience has now become a lifeline for cash-strapped consumers −…
Bae Kyung-Hoon, South Korea’s science and ICT minister, speaks during a memorandum of understanding signing ceremony in Seoul, South Korea, on Monday, April 27, 2026. Google DeepMind is teaming up with South Korea on the country’s K-Moonshot project, which uses AI to solve complex scientific problems. Photographer: SeongJoon Cho/Bloomberg via Getty Images Bloomberg | Bloomberg…
Minister in the Presidency Khumbudzo Ntshavheni used her post-Budget Vote outreach activities in Cape Town to urge South Africans to take greater responsibility for the country’s development, saying government cannot drive change alone and that communities must work in partnership with the state. The Minister made these remarks on Thursday after taking part in outreach…
Truecaller, the Nasdaq Stockholm-listed caller ID and spam protection platform, has launched a travel eSim service in South Africa, marking what its chief operating officer described as the company’s “first step” in cross-monetising its 500 million-strong user base into adjacent communication products. The South African launch on Friday is part of a 29-country roll-out and…
Plug-in hybrid electric cars (PHEVs) outsold pure battery-electric vehicles (BEVs) by more than two to one in South Africa last year, marking the local market out as a global outlier even as overall electric car adoption remained stuck below 1% of new vehicle sales. That’s according to the latest International Energy Agency (IEA) Global Electric…
President Kurt Edwin Simeon-Okraku has urged the Black Starlets to remain confident in their abilities ahead of their crucial final Group D clash against South Africa at the 2026 U17 Africa Cup of Nations in Morocco. The President spoke to the players and technical team via Zoom on Tuesday evening shortly after the team’s final…
