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…
Cape Town’s huge Berg River Dam is nearly 100% full
Drought? What drought, Cape Town? After the latest dam report was issued by the City of Cape Town on Monday, there’s nothing but good…
Watch: Cape Town’s trains are getting a bit overloaded
Cape Town’s public transport system is a nightmare; even the City of Cape Town itself hinted at it. But that doesn’t mean there’s been…
Beware: ‘WhatsApp Africa’ isn’t giving away free data on Twitter
You may want to think twice about posting your mobile number to Twitter, even if it’s to “WhatsApp Africa”. A tweet posted on Monday…
Watch: Sutherland looks like Siberia in this frigid YouTube video
You’d be forgiven for thinking that the sleepy Northern Cape town of Sutherland is not in South Africa. This weekend the usually frigid settlement…
Stats SA reveals South Africa’s most popular baby name
Statistics South Africa has had a habit of announcing sad news this year, but it’s latest report details something more cheerful. The agency today…
Jacksonville shooting: gamer kills 2 at Madden esports tournament
A gamer on Sunday injured at least 11 people, killed two, and then turned a gun on himself at an esports tournament in Jacksonville,…
Africa’s first commercial 5G network goes lives in Lesotho
Vodacom’s first commercial 5G network is not in South Africa, but its next door neighbour Lesotho. The company on Saturday announced that the service…
Instagram captures weekend snow across Cape Town’s surrounds
Cape Town and surrounds did in fact have an “interesting” weekend of weather, at least according to SAWS. The national weather service issued widespread…
Update: SAWS issues weather warnings for Cape Town this weekend
Update, 11am, 25 August: The South African Weather Service has upgraded the weather watches to warnings in place across a large swathe of the…
Mcebisi Jonas’ State Capture testimony rocks South Africa, Twitter
South Africa’s State Capture Inquiry has today reached something of a peak, at least in terms of sheer drama. Mcebisi Jonas, South Africa’s former…
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