South Africa could put a satellite into orbit on a locally built rocket by 2030 – if someone finds R3-billion and the team building it grows sixfold. That is the ambition of the University of KwaZulu-Natal’s Aerospace Systems Research Institute (ASRI), which is developing the liquid-fuelled Saffire engine and the two-stage commercial launch vehicle (CLV)…
African women’s football giants South Africa and Nigeria clash on Thursday in Casablanca under high-pressure circumstances neither team envisioned. Following shocking quarter-final exits at the Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON), one of the continent’s last two champions will see their 2027 FIFA Women’s World Cup qualification hopes officially vanish. South Africa’s Banyana Banyana fell…
A man looks at a stock index board showing South Korea’s benchmark stock index (KOSPI) after the close of trading in Seoul on July 28, 2026. Greg Baker | Afp | Getty Images South Korea’s Kospi has staged a reversal from its latest rout, returning to bull-market territory as investors pile back into the country’s…
The Republic of South Africa formally assumed the Chairship of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) Council of Ministers on 12 August 2026 in Durban, South Africa, from August 2026 to August 2027, following its tenure as Interim Chair since November 2025 Minister of International Relations and Cooperation of the Republic of South Africa, Honourable…
VezoPay, the South African company behind a battery-free tap-to-pay smart ring, has quietly gone live with Investec and Absa, taking its roster of banking partners to four in under a year. A fifth major retail bank is expected to follow before the end of 2026. Neither of the new launches has been announced officially. Investec…
Herotel will introduce Amazon’s low-Earth orbit (LEO) satellite broadband service to South Africa under the brand name Evry, aiming for a commercial launch in 2027. CEO Van Zyl Botha confirmed that Herotel will serve as the importer of record, absorbing foreign currency risks on hardware terminals while maintaining stable retail pricing over an initial three-year…
Herotel CEO Van Zyl Botha Herotel intends to sell Amazon’s low-Earth orbit satellite broadband at prices that closely track its existing fibre packages, and will carry the currency risk on terminals landed in South Africa, CEO Van Zyl Botha has told the TechCentral Show podcast. It is the clearest signal yet on what Evry will…
The future of innovation will not be built by technology alone. It will be shaped by the people asking better questions, challenging conventional thinking and creating solutions that improve lives. As artificial intelligence and exponential technologies continue to transform every sector of society, women are playing an increasingly influential role in driving that change. Reflecting…
AI could add as much as two percentage points to South Africa’s annual economic growth rate, on top of whatever the economy would otherwise manage, according to Efficient Group chief economist Dawie Roodt – an estimate that towers over what either the World Bank or PwC have put on the table. “AI can easily add…
ZARP Stablecoin co-founder Simon Dingle South Africa should scrap exchange control altogether, according to Simon Dingle, co-founder of rand stablecoin ZARP, who said the country’s capital controls have achieved the opposite of what they were designed to do. “Ultimately, South Africa has to abolish foreign exchange control,” Dingle told TechCentral. “Unfortunately the damage has already…
