Ten new technologies, identified in international organisation the World Economic Forum's (WEF's) 'Top 10 Emerging Technologies Report 2026', are approaching a critical inflection point where... 

South Africans are still spending nearly eight times more connected time on 4G networks, despite the increasing coverage, handset availability and better performance of 5G networks, Opensignal’s... 

The University of Cape Town (UCT) has highlighted the tenth anniversary of the country’s Inter-University Institute for Data Intensive Astronomy (IDIA). This is a joint endeavour between UCT, the... 

Ahead of the start of the new tax season, online tax assistant TaxTim has launched an AI tax assistant, TimAI on WhatsApp, to provide taxpayers with answers to tax-related queries at no cost. Users... 

Investment in high-capacity digital infrastructure and optical networks will become increasingly important as African countries pursue industrialisation, digital transformation and greater economic... 

Digital banking platforms and low-cost payment systems are expected to play an increasingly important role in enabling intra-African trade, supporting small businesses and improving financial... 

The South African Nuclear Energy Corporation (Necsa) and energy technology company Siemens Energy have signed a nonbinding agreement to strengthen collaboration in energy, technology and... 

South Africa's health system carries the heavy imprint of history. The apartheid era bequeathed a fragmented, inequitable system in which race determined access to care, geographic distribution of... 

Cyber-risk has surged to the top of the business agenda, with 40% of business leaders saying cyber is the top risk they are unprepared for, which is up from 23% in 2025, says accounting and... 

In a survey of 11 749 workers across 14 markets and a range of industries, 72% of respondents, including white-collar frontline and managerial employees, said AI has already considerably changed... 

The recent withdrawal of South Africa’s draft National Artificial Intelligence Policy presents an important opportunity to strengthen the country’s approach to AI governance through greater... 

JSE-listed Telkom on Tuesday posted a double-digit increase in earnings from continuing operations for the year ended March 31. Headline earnings a share increased 21.5% to 708.5c, while basic... 

Core enterprise systems have become economic infrastructure across various sectors, including financial services, telecommunications, retail and manufacturing, with enterprise resource planning,... 

Liquid Intelligent Technologies, Microsoft and the Department of Communications and Digital Technologies (DCDT) have teamed up to launch a solar-powered mobile digital lab at the Royal Bafokeng... 

The Gauteng Department of e-Government on Wednesday reported an improved performance during the fourth quarter of the 2025/26 financial year, as it achieved 32 of its 38 planned targets,... 

JSE-listed Telkom on Wednesday said it expects to report a double-digit increase in earnings from its continuing operations for the year ended March 31. Basic earnings per share (BEPS) and headline... 

The Coega Development Corporation (Coega) and the Technology Innovation Agency (TIA) have formed a partnership to advance South Africa’s innovation and industrialisation agenda. The strategic... 

The effectiveness of the designs of roads for their actual use, the maintenance of road infrastructure to ensure its effective functioning as road users expect and the behaviour of road users all... 

Private academic hospital the Wits Donald Gordon Medical Centre (WDGMC) has, in partnership with nonprofit organisation Surgeons for Little Lives and used-car retailer Weelee, introduced an... 

The Square Kilometre Array (SKA) Observatory (SKAO) has announced that France has become the international organisation’s fourteenth member. French President Emmanuel Macron signed the documents of... 

The UK Royal Academy of Engineering says entries for its next Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation competition will open on July 13 and close on September 8. The 2026 shortlist of applicants... 

The Technology Innovation Agency (TIA), an entity of the Department of Science, Technology and Innovation (DSTI), is entering a new stage for the agency, TIA 2.0, to position the agency at the... 

The international Square Kilometre Array (SKA) Observatory (SKAO) has announced that its new director-general began her tenure on Monday. She is Professor Jessica Dempsey and she has replaced... 

Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment Minister Willie Aucamp has assured South Africans that the country remains committed to its Antarctic and sub-Antarctic research programme, which contributes... 

Africa’s future participation in the space economy will also depend on its legal and regulatory frameworks, highlighted Department of Trade, Industry and Competition (dtic) chief director of space... 

JSE-listed Telkom on Tuesday posted a double-digit increase in earnings from continuing operations for the year ended March 31. Headline earnings a share increased 21.5% to 708.5c, while basic... 

JSE-listed Telkom on Wednesday said it expects to report a double-digit increase in earnings from its continuing operations for the year ended March 31. Basic earnings per share (BEPS) and headline... 

The approval by the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (Icasa) of Herotel’s licence transfer application marked a definitive step forward in strengthening South Africa’s fibre... 

A memorandum of understanding (MoU) has kicked off the initiation of the Via Africa submarine cable project, a major new Europe–Africa submarine cable project that will connect Europe to Africa... 

JSE-listed MTN Group on Tuesday reported a strong first quarter performance as the group executes on its Ambition 2030 strategy. During the three months to March 31, MTN Group earnings before... 

JSE-listed Vodacom Group on Monday said it has had a strong start to its Vision 2030 strategy, after delivering double-digit earnings growth for the year ended March 31. During the year under... 

JSE-listed information and communications technology company Datatec expects to report headline earnings per share (HEPS) of between $0.38 and $0.40 for the financial year ended February 28. That... 

Telecommunications company Vodacom Group on Tuesday expects double-digit increases in earnings for the year ended March 31. In a trading update, the group said that the strong results are expected... 

South Africa’s mobile market is undergoing a structural shift, as challenger operators start to capture high-value subscribers from market leaders. According to Opensignal’s latest subscriber...