1+ hour, 35+ min ago  (628+ words) Communications minister Solly Malatsi's declaration on Friday that his patience with sector regulator Icasa has run out is a small bureaucratic event that masks a much larger political one. Let's start with some quick context. The mechanism already exists in…...

1+ day, 1+ hour ago  (392+ words) Tech Central Get the best South African technology news and analysis delivered to your e-mail inbox every morning. South Africa planning big overhaul of public sector IT The department of communications & digital technologies has formalised a three-year plan to redesign…...

4+ day, 6+ hour ago  (411+ words) Should South African organisations be panicked about Claude Mythos? The answer depends partly on whether the model lives up to its own marketing hype and partly on a set of defensive questions that are going to matter regardless. The company…...

2+ week, 8+ hour ago  (551+ words) 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…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (426+ words) South Africa's draft AI policy document " gazetted last week by the department of communications & digital technologies " contains a candid acknowledgement that the country's reliance on US and Chinese hardware poses a strategic vulnerability that the intensifying rivalry between the two…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago  (471+ words) Standard Bank has come out in defence of a market-led approach to open banking in South Africa that the Reserve Bank recently criticised, while the fintech industry is calling for more regulation. In March, the Reserve Bank released a working…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago  (471+ words) Telecommunications infrastructure theft and power outages continue to hold back connectivity in South Africa, with the cost burden on mobile and fibre operators more than doubling in a year. According to communications regulator Icasa's latest State of the ICT Sector…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago  (704+ words) A Cape Town start-up has powered an entire Netflix production base camp on the sun for six months, with no diesel generator running the main site " and at roughly the same cost as renting a conventional generator. Cinergy Mobile Power…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago  (446+ words) South Africa's 5 G population coverage surged from 46. 6% to 58% in a single year, the biggest network coverage jump recorded in communications regulator Icasa's latest State of the ICT Sector report " but rural areas remain drastically underserved, with some provinces offering next-generation…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago  (330+ words) South Africa's mobile operators carried 21. 5% more voice traffic in 2025 than the year before but earned R10. 4-billion less from mobile services, according to Icasa's latest State of the ICT Sector report " the starkest illustration yet of the revenue squeeze being inflicted…...