The Department of Home Affairs has reduced system downtime at Home Affairs offices, with so-called system offline errors declining by 61% year-on-year owing to ongoing digital reforms. The... 

With both elements of the international Square Kilometre Array (SKA) under construction, the organisation responsible for creating and operating it, the SKA Observatory (SKAO), has released a book,... 

Outsourced services industry organisation Business Process Enabling South Africa (BPESA) has launched its Impact Sourcing Practical Guide to help South Africa's global business services (GBS)... 

The Karoo-based Southern African Large Telescope (SALT) has played a significant role in an urgent international collaboration to monitor a rarely observed phenomenon: the actual start and... 

Telecommunications group MTN South Africa plans to invest R332-million into network infrastructure across Limpopo in the 2026 financial year. The planned investment will strengthen network... 

Nasdaq- and JSE-listed advanced materials company ASP Isotopes (ASPI) says all its business units are making considerable progress, group revenues are increasing and three of its business units are... 

JSE-listed MTN Group has secured IHS shareholder approval to acquire the remaining shares it did not own in the tower company. In February, JSE-listed MTN Group announced plans to increase its... 

By adapting small, low-cost AI tools to local conditions, developing countries can bring better medical care, education, judicial services and agricultural extension within reach of millions of... 

JSE-listed information and communications technology company Datatec's subsidiary Logicalis USA has acquired 100% of the share capital of New Mexico-based technology solutions provider Loial. The... 

The Department of Home Affairs (DHA) has launched an online service to enable South Africans to find the nearest bank branch participating in the DHA Digital Partnership to apply for a Smart ID... 

The National Treasury and the South African Reserve Bank (SARB) have published the draft Crypto Assets Manual for cross-border activities for comment. The institutions had published the draft... 

The mining industry’s increasing adoption of digital infrastructure and operational technology systems to support autonomous vehicles, drilling systems and remotely controlled equipment is giving... 

Business technology company Zoho has launched a South African edition of its point-of-sales (POS) solution that enables local retailers to manage billing, inventory, purchases, payments, customer... 

The Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (Icasa) has published the International Mobile Telecommunications (IMT) Roadmap 2026 and its accompanying draft implementation plans for... 

As telecommunications giant Vodacom Group wraps the quarter ended June 30 with growth, the completion of its acquisition of a controlling stake in Safaricom marked a defining moment for the group.... 

Vodacom Lesotho subsidiary and M-Pesa operator VCL Financial Services has launched Tsetela, a new mobile-based investment solution that extends M-Pesa beyond everyday transactions into everyday... 

Development finance institution the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group has finalised a $15-million loan to biopharmaceutical company Biologicals and Vaccines Institute of South Africa (Biovac)... 

A new research project, coordinated by Stellenbosch University, aims to develop and validate a new non-sputum-based diagnostic solution for tuberculosis (TB) that combines AI-powered chest X-ray... 

The increasing uptake of AI in many spheres of life has also extended to geology, where it has found several applications with varying degrees of success, although there are myriad ethical, safety... 

Development stage nuclear fuels company Quantum Leap Energy (QLE) has signed a research agreement with the Texas A&M University Engineering Experiment Station (TEES) to advance and derisk the... 

In an initiative developed by the South African Rooibos Council (SARC), which is the representative and promotion body for rooibos processors, packers and brand owners, seeds from the rooibos plant... 

The global construction industry is undergoing a significant digital transformation, but technology alone will not solve the longstanding productivity challenges that continue to hamper project... 

Stellenbosch University (SU) has highlighted the role of its Electronics Systems Laboratory (ESL) in the groundbreaking Africa2Moon space mission, which will form part of China’s Chang’e-8 robotic... 

National Research Foundation (NRF) board member Professor Glenda Gray has been inducted as a Fellow of the world’s oldest and one of its most prestigious academies of sciences – the UK’s Royal... 

Three South African small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), namely LEEP Solutions, House Harvest and Green X, which are all developing sustainability solutions for the property sector, are... 

As telecommunications giant Vodacom Group wraps the quarter ended June 30 with growth, the completion of its acquisition of a controlling stake in Safaricom marked a defining moment for the group.... 

Vodacom Lesotho subsidiary and M-Pesa operator VCL Financial Services has launched Tsetela, a new mobile-based investment solution that extends M-Pesa beyond everyday transactions into everyday... 

The increasing uptake of AI in many spheres of life has also extended to geology, where it has found several applications with varying degrees of success, although there are myriad ethical, safety... 

Telecommunications group MTN South Africa and the North West government have strengthened their partnership following engagements this week among the company’s executive committee, led by deputy... 

Rapid expansion of data centres has helped make South Africa the continent's biggest digital hub, even as critics warn the industry's appetite for electricity and water could worsen shortages... 

The global construction industry is undergoing a significant digital transformation, but technology alone will not solve the longstanding productivity challenges that continue to hamper project... 

Telecommunications giant Vodacom Group has partnered with the University of the Witwatersrand (Wits) on a leadership development initiative designed to prepare the next generation of leaders for... 

MyBroadband Insights’ 2026 Mobile Network Quality Report for the second quarter of the year has found that telecommunications group MTN continues to have the best mobile network in South Africa,... 

Maziv subsidiary Internet service provider Herotel has entered into a distribution agreement with Amazon Leo set to bring satellite connectivity to South Africa next year. Herotel's new service,...