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South African Information Regulator to take action on WhatsApp privacy policy

The Information Regulator of South Africa has said that it will be taking further action regarding the WhatsApp privacy policy changes. The regulator made…

iSchoolAfrica iPad programme reaches 100 000 learners

South Africa education initiative iSchoolAfrica has enabled more than 100 000 learners with iPads and other digital learning technology. The initiative made the announcement…

TikTok adds Green Screen Duet feature – how to use it

TikTok has added a green screen tool that lets users make videos while other TikTok videos are playing in the background. The company announced…

AI Media Group launches Deepfake Africa Challenge

The AI Expo Africa has launched the Deepfake Africa Challenge, a competition to raise awareness about deepfake technology. AI Media Group organised the challenge…

German data regulator bans new WhatsApp terms of service

Germany’s data protection regulator has issued an emergency ban against Facebook collecting WhatsApp user data under the messaging app’s new terms of service. The…

Vodacom builds 21 rural base stations for previously unconnected areas

Vodacom has switched on 21 new base stations in rural areas across the Northern Cape and Free State provinces as part of its Rural…

R200 million in Smart Shopper points unredeemed – Pick n Pay

Pick n Pay has revealed that Smart Shopper customers have not redeemed R200 million worth of points in the last twelve months. The retailer…

SAWS explains why the Bapsfontein ‘tornadoes’ were just ‘gustnadoes’

The South African Weather Service (SAWS) on Thursday issued an educational media release describing the differences between tornadoes and “gustnadoes” which were observed in…

Old Mutual ‘regrets the distress’ caused by dead body funeral claim incident

Following Wednesday’s outcry over a viral video of a family dragging a body to an Old Mutual office in KwaZulu-Natal for proof of death,…

These are the popular apps on Huawei’s AppGallery in South Africa

Huawei, at its Developer Day in Cape Town on Thursday, revealed more about its budding ecosystem, growth in South Africa, and its AppGallery. The…

Parts of Gauteng lashed by heavy rain, flooding witnessed by social media

Portions of Gauteng have been hit by heavy rains and flooding on Wednesday according to video reports on social media and warnings by the…

South Africa ‘cancels’ Old Mutual after body arrives at offices for proof of death

South Africans want to “cancel” Old Mutual after a video showing a family dragging a body bag out of the company’s offices in KwaZulu-Natal…

Eskom remains ‘constrained and vulnerable’ on Tuesday with low risk of load shedding

Someone please give Eskom’s power system a hug. The utility on Tuesday announced that despite the low chance of load shedding today, the grid…

Cell C’s 4G coverage will be even greater thanks to latest MTN deal

Cell C and MTN on Monday announced a new roaming agreement, building on and extending the firms’ previous agreement made in 2018, and pushing…

FNB Easy Zero account drops the monthly charges, adds a physical card

FNB on Thursday announced a new digital account offering called Easy Zero for those who want “a fully-fledged digital bank account with a card”…

Opera’s launching servers in Nigeria to drive growth in West Africa

Opera on Thursday announced the debut of dedicated servers in Nigeria, a first for the company. The company believed that the new servers, located…

YahClick launches public WiFi hotspots in Western Cape and Gauteng

At AfricaCom 2019 this week South African internet service provider YahClick announced that it’s bringing WiFi hotspots to under-served communities in the Western Cape…

MTN, Huawei fire up ‘Golden Band’ 5G trial at AfricaCom 2019

MTN and Huawei at AfricaCom 2019 demonstrated the potential of 5G technology in South Africa through a live demo. The demo, consisting of one…

SAWS issues weather warnings for South Africa as cut-off low develops

A cut-off low pressure system is set to bring wild weather to parts of the country this week, the South African Weather Service (SAWS)…

Rain 5G is now available to households in Gauteng, Cape Town in 2020

After switching on its 5G service for select users in September, Rain has announced that households can now also take advantage of Rain 5G….

Risk of load shedding remains ‘high’ for Friday evening

After last night’s shock load shedding announcement, Eskom on Friday morning revealed that more power cuts could be on the horizon. It added that…

Stage 2 load shedding returns tonight until Friday morning – Eskom

Eskom on Thursday announced that it would once again implement load shedding, after more than three weeks without power cuts. The power utility announced…

Eskom’s burning diesel, pumping water again to avoid load shedding

In today’s edition of “What’s New?”, Eskom is still struggling to avoid load shedding in South Africa this week. After it issued a dire…

South African Shoppers Tempted With Free Tablets As Windows 10 Deadline Nears

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Female tech founders in South Africa can win up to R1.9 million to scale their innovations

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

REdimension Capital closes R250m property tech and sustainability fund

Why the ‘Ego Tax’ is Costing Your Business

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Microsoft launches new Surface devices in new AI era

Omoda C5 X review

TDK enhances IMUs for extreme temps

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