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MTN MoMo launches prepaid digital vouchers for health consults

MTN has launched a prepaid digital health service through its MTN Mobile Money (MoMo) app, which gives users access to vouchers for nurse appointments…

UCT is looking for over 300 staff members for Online High School

UCT is hiring over 300 staff members from South Africa to meet learner demand for its recently-announced Online High School. The university is looking…

City of Johannesburg launches e-Joburg portal for municipal services

The City of Johannesburg (CoJ) has launched e-Joburg, an online portal that residents can use to access municipal customer services. The portal will allow…

Twitch confirms security leak, resets users’ stream keys out of caution

Twitch has confirmed that it experienced a security leak and in an act of caution, has reset the stream keys of all of its…

South Africa vaccine certificate website is still being tested – Health Department

The Department of Health has clarified it is still testing its COVID-19 vaccine certificate website for South Africa, leading up to its official launch….

Telegram adds 70 million users during Facebook, WhatsApp outage

Telegram has revealed the instant messaging app added over 70 million users during a recent outage at Facebook that also impacted WhatsApp. The app’s…

FlySafair launches FlyMore Club subscription programme

Lost-cost airline FlySafair has launched the FlyMore Club, a subscription programme that lets travellers fly regularly at fixed prices. The airline said the club…

14% of South Africans are still running Windows 7 – Kaspersky

Despite support for it ending last year, a portion of South African PC users are still running Windows 7 OS on their devices, according…

Vodacom launches portal for jobseekers with jobs listings and free courses

Vodacom has launched an initiative to support jobseekers in South Africa, with zero-rated access to job portals, a partnership offering free courses, and tools…

Standard Bank services down? Bank launches service status page

Standard Bank customers can now check what banking systems are functioning or down thanks to a new status page. The bank announced the new…

Microsoft expands free digital skills training with public sector partnership

Microsoft has expanded its local digital skills training, extending the initiative through a partnership with the Public Service Sector Education and Training Authority (PSETA)….

South Africa gets its own NFT marketplace with Momint

South Africa has joined in on the non-fungible token (NFT) craze, with the launch of a local NFT platform called Momint. The platform aims…

Half of SA workforce fears job automation, but vast majority willing to retrain – survey

More than half of South Africa’s workforce feel threatened by the prospect of job automation, with the overwhelming majority willing to retrain. That’s the…

Uber partnership with Moove to benefit drivers

Uber is working with car rental company Moove to offer drivers rent-to-own payment plans for their vehicles. The e-hailing company announced the partnership on…

My Octopus Teacher wins Oscar for Best Documentary

The South African documentary My Octopus Teacher took home Oscar gold at the 2021 Academy Awards. The annual ceremony took place on 25 April…

SA will resume J&J COVID-19 vaccine rollout on 28 April

After a pause in the rollout of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine, Health Minister Dr Zweli Mkhize has confirmed that South Africa will…

Students launch weather balloons for Earth Day experiment

Western Cape school students got together on Earth Day to launch two weather balloons as part of a scientific experiment. The event took place…

South African Post Office partners with Wish to improve product delivery

The South African Post Office has partnered with e-commerce giant Wish to improve customer experience when ordering from the platform. Wish parent company ContextLogic…

Cape Town launches online portal for public to submit ideas for city

The City of Cape Town has launched an online “idea management system” so that residents can share ideas about challenges faced by the city….

Money Message: Nedbank launches WhatsApp payment service

Nedbank has launched a new service called Money Message that offers payment services for businesses via WhatsApp. The bank unveiled the service on 21…

FNB brings MoneyGram to mobile banking app

FNB is making MoneyGram services available on its mobile app, getting rid of the need to visit one of the bank’s branches. The bank…

Facebook audio features bringing podcasts, Soundbites to app

Facebook unveiled several new audio features coming to the social media app, including the ability to listen to podcasts. The company announced the new…

How you can help with the Cape Town fires

As the Cape Town fires continue to spread across parts of the city, many people have inquired about how they can help those affected…

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