F5.5G Leap-forward Development of Broadband in Africa The Africa Broadband Forum 2024 (BBAF 2024) was successfully held in Cape Town, South Africa recently, under…
Snow-covered giraffe in South Africa goes viral on Reddit, social media
Snow in South Africa isn’t rare, just ask those near the Drakensberg mountain range. But for the internet this weekend, seeing a giraffe in…
Twitter’s #LockscreenChallenge reveals so much about people online
2018 will be remembered as the year that anything could be an internet “challenge”. Case in point? The #LockscreenChallenge. The hashtag was found trending…
Cape Town’s Theewaterskloof Dam is now 50% full
Cape Town’s largest dam, the Theewaterskloof, is now more than 50% full. That’s a big milestone reached by the City of Cape Town’s largest…
Updating: Johannesburg CBD fire is now contained, 3 firefighters dead
Update, 9am Friday: The fire which burned through a building in Johannesburg’s central district has been extinguished. Update, 9pm Thursday: “Significant progress” has been…
#JoburgFire: Twitter accounts to follow for breaking news
A fire currently tearing through a Johannesburg CBD building is one of the biggest news stories on Twitter today. While South Africans have the…
What’s on Netflix and Showmax this September?
We know. Finding something to watch on streaming services is a nightmare. The likes of Netflix and Showmax give users a wealth of choices,…
Google’s ‘Art Selfie’ is now available in South Africa
Good news, everyone. You can now find your art doppelganger online thanks to Google’s Arts & Culture app’s latest update. The update activates the…
Cell C’s MediaPlay lumps voice, data and Black into one contract
Cell C has today announced MediaPlay, a contract offering that lumps its communications and Black entertainment offering into unified bundles. MediaPlay, which Cell C’s…
Facebook and BlackBerry are now suing each other for patent infringement
Just a few months ago, BlackBerry sued Facebook (and a number of other companies) for tech infringement. Now, Facebook is suing the Canadian company…
#Recession: South Africa’s politicians blast the ANC after GDP shrinks
There’s some bad news today, South Africa. The nation has fallen into a technical recession after its latest gross domestic product (GDP) figures were…
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