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#StormHelen: Twitter names Cape Town’s storm after Helen Zille

It’s common practice for the United States’ National Hurricane Centre to give storms common names, but not cold fronts. Cape Town seems to think…

South Africa’s in recession again, and people are blaming Jacob Zuma

Statistics South Africa has today confirmed that the country’s economy is shrinking. “The country’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) has contracted to -0.7% in the…

Track Cape Town’s storm in realtime with these 3 free resources

You might’ve heard passing reports about Cape Town’s inclement weather forecast today. These reports suggest that the oncoming cold front will be one of…

Alerts ring across Twitter as Cape Town’s Wednesday storm bears closer

Weather is usually a subject of awkward small talk, but in Cape Town in 2017 it’s all everyone is talking about. While the city’s…

Russian govt hacked US voting infrastructure days before election

Classified documents recently acquired by the US National Security Agency (NSA) show that the Russian government attempted to hack US voting infrastructure and software just…

Theresa May wants more stringent internet regulations after London attack

UK Prime Minister Theresa May has called for stricter internet regulations after seven people were killed in a terrorist attack in London Saturday. In…

Lyft accuses former COO of stealing confidential documents for Uber

The two giants in the transportation industry, Lyft and Uber, are at war. The latest salvo has seen the former taking its recently departed…

Die Antwoord’s ‘Ugly Boy’ music video tops 1m views in first 24 hours

Known for their catchy beats, controversial parodies and pushing taboos, South African rap group Die Antwoord’s new video has topped 1 million views on…

Mozilla: Firefox OS coming to Africa soon

Firefox OS is coming to Africa. Mozilla, the organisation behind the eponymous mobile OS, as well as the browser that shares its name, hasn’t…

Neil Blomkamp’s ‘Chappie’ is star-studded, should have massive geek appeal

When District 9 came out, South African-born director Neil Blomkamp’s was pretty much an unknown. The trouble with the kind of instant success he…

Spotify just got dumped hard by Taylor Swift

There are plenty of music fans out there who love Spotify. And what’s not to love? Online and offline streaming of all your favourite…

South African city domain names now open to the public

Starting today, companies have an opportunity to gain effective branding by having a domain of the city their business is based in. This of…

This Dutch student is building an ambulance drone

Drones have a bad reputation, an almost irredeemable bad reputation even when proposed to be put to good use. The bad boy reputation is…

Google fined for capturing a woman’s cleavage on Street View

Google has been fined 2 250 Canadian dollars for capturing a woman’s cleavage with its Street View cameras. Google’s Street View cars roam public…

10 hours walking around as a drag queen, Skyrim character and white man

Earlier this week Hollaback — an organisation which works to combat public harassment — made a video of a woman walking around in New…

Burn Media Weekly Roundup #4: Tim Cook being gay, Wearable tech and Mich is leaving Memeburn for Google

Welcome to our Weekly Roundup, our weekly podcast that discusses tech trends, innovation and news. Joining this podcast edition is almost everyone from the…

Android founder will exit Google to incubate hardware startups

Without Android Google would still be a pretty powerful company, but nowhere near as influential as it is today. In that regard, it owes…

Mass protests put end to Hungary’s internet tax

Hungary has agreed to drop a controversial internet data transfer tax in the wake of mass protests which have rocked the country this week….

Sony WF-1000XM6 Lands In South Africa With Smarter Noise Cancelling And Premium Sound

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Simbi Wabote’s 10-Year Roadmap: How Nigeria Achieved 54% Local Content Growth

Records Tumble In Best Year Yet For South Africa’s Hedge Fund Industry

OPPO Reno15 Series Lands In South Africa With Big Cameras And Bigger Battery Ambitions

OPPO Reno15 Series Brings Flagship-Level Hardware Logic to the Mid-Tier in South Africa

HONOR’s customer first strategy is reshaping South Africa’s smartphone market

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