Volvo’s ES90 has one flaw, and it is not the price
At R1.8-million, the Volvo ES90 Ultra has to justify itself, and it does so - comfortably. This is a driver's car.
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Africa’s moon telescope project will listen for alien technology
The instrument draws on the interferometry expertise Rhodes University built through MeerKAT and the SKA.
Tech Summit returns to Sandton on 1 September
The one-day event returns to the Sandton Convention Centre on 1 September with free reader tickets.
Avast, AVG and Norton in 2026: smarter security for a new generation of threats
Avast, AVG and Norton are folding AI scam detection into familiar antivirus products, says Avert IT Distribution.
Still no end in sight to South Africa’s digital migration saga
The director-general says a date will follow stakeholder consultation, and worries communities think one already exists.
B10: Leapmotor’s play for the South African mass market
Chinese brand Leapmotor's second South African model uses the same range-extender trick in a smaller package.
Inside Standard Bank’s multi-model AI bet
Standard Bank Group has named Amazon Bedrock as its platform and claimed a 20% gain from AI coding tools.
Leaked letter reveals US plan to split the world’s AI alliances
A leaked US state department draft warns 35 countries they cannot join both American and Chinese AI coalitions.
Eskom’s board is slow-walking the reform South Africa needs
There is a difference between acknowledging complexity and weaponising it to resist change, writes Busi Mavuso.
Anthropic eyes $200-billion in revenue by 2028
Anthropic projects revenue of up to $200-billion by 2028, against a $47-billion run rate today, as it prepares for a mega-listing.
Silver Lake said to be in talks to buy Workday
Silver Lake is said to be in talks to acquire Workday in a deal that would rank among the largest software buyouts in history.
Icasa retracts collusion claim against mobile operators
Icasa has withdrawn the allegation three days after a councillor raised it in parliament, conceding it had done no investigation.
South Africa’s next broadband war may be won by a bank
Why 25 million retail clients and a trusted billing relationship may matter more than owning fibre in the ground.
Bank robberies, ATM bombings collapse as criminals go digital
Bank robberies fell to just two incidents in 2025 while digital banking claims climbed to R2.4-billion.
TCS | Herotel CEO Van Zyl Botha on beating Starlink to South Africa
Van Zyl Botha explains how Herotel is bringing Amazon Leo to South Africa ahead of its bigger rival, Starlink.
Blu Label’s earnings just fell off a cliff – on paper
The damage is in the accounting rather than at the trading level, but shareholders face a big swing from profit to loss.
AI fraud is outrunning South African banking defences
South Africans are increasingly being targeted by AI-generated fraudsters who sound just like bank employees.
AI’s hunger for capital is the next big risk to the global economy
Borrowing costs at decade highs threaten the investment and consumption that have sustained economic growth.
South Africa targets 2030 for its first satellite launch from home soil
UKZN’s Aerospace Systems Research Institute wants to scale commercially, with a suborbital flight targeted for 2028.
New poll undermines the case against a Starlink deal
Polling finds 58% of registered voters would exempt US companies from B-BBEE in exchange for investment and jobs.
Musk’s Terafab: 1 300 Loftus Versfeld pitches under one roof
Early land-clearing work has begun on what Elon Musk has claimed will be the biggest building on Earth, to build advanced chips.
Meet the CIO | Derek Wilcocks on how AI personalised Vitality
Discovery group CIO Derek Wilcocks on personalised Vitality, the limits of AI coding and why growth beats cost-cutting.
AI spreads at Standard Bank, but the tech bill barely budges
Standard Bank Group's banking IT costs grew just 2%, but cloud spending surged 37% as amortisation fell away.
Inside Google’s frantic push to close the AI gap
Anthropic's Claude Mythos and OpenAI's latest model updates have left Google playing catch-up in frontier AI.
Kaspersky on how to secure a supply chain you do not control
Kaspersky’s Sergey Soldatov on treating supplier security as part of your own, from onboarding to exit.
Why the AI gold rush may be smaller than Eskom hopes
South Africa’s biggest data centre operator expects renewables to cover more than half its consumption by the end of 2027.
Sixty60 now drives more than a third of Shoprite’s growth
Delivery app Sixty60 turned over R25.5-billion, adding R6.6-billion of the group's R18.1-billion in new sales.
Checkers answers Pick n Pay in the grocery AI race
Sixty60’s Pixie has learnt to hold a conversation – the one thing Pick n Pay’s Penny could do that it could not.
The payment ring winning over South Africa’s banks
Smart ring start-up VezoPay has doubled its banking partners, and expects to have signed up five banks by year-end.