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#SONA2019 according to Twitter: a speech of dreams

The second State of the Nation Address of 2019 took place on Thursday evening in Cape Town, and with it came an influx of…

Huawei’s recruiting developers for its AppGallery through an email campaign

Well, now that Huawei’s future looks like a Google-less one, the company’s now asking developers to publish apps to its own app store. Dubbed…

Proteas take on West Indies today (if it isn’t completely rained out)

It’s been a rough first week for the Proteas at the Cricket World Cup 2019, and it’s not about to get any easier. After…

Facebook will stop preinstalling its apps on Huawei devices

A report by Reuters on Friday revealed that Facebook has suspended pre-installation of its mobile apps on Huawei devices. This means that Huawei phones…

Tito Mboweni’s latest late night culinary journey involved a tin of Lucky Star

Finance minister Tito Mboweni on Thursday evening was once again cooking with Twitter open as he live-tweeted his latest culinary adventure. Kicking off a…

Western Cape mountains could see the first snow of the winter this week

Wondering why it’s so cold today, Cape Town? Well, we could be in for some snow on Wednesday. A duo of cold fronts brushed…

South Africa’s economy sees the worst quarterly drop in a decade

The South African economy just had its worst quarter in more than ten years, according to Statistics South Africa. The stats body on Tuesday…

Cape Town’s drought makes international news on CNN and Facebook

If you live in Cape Town, chances are you forgot what rain actually is. With the city still battling one of the worst droughts…

Internet Solutions buys MWEB, teases ‘new consumer products and experiences’

African telecoms company Internet Solutions has today announced it has concluded its purchase of MWEB. Internet Solutions, owned by telecoms giant Dimension Data, initially…

Openserve IPC rate cut could mean more data for your buck [Update]

Telkom’s wholesale company, Openserve, has announced an IP Connect price cut of up to 32%. “Depending on the IPC capacity purchased, ISPs can now…

Want to buy that dream home, Millennials? Stop buying avocado on toast

Dear Millennial: if you want a house, stop buying avocados. That’s the advice Australian multimillionaire property mogul Tim Gurner has for young professionals struggling…

Opera to spend $100m to ‘grow African digital economy’

Opera Software is a mainstay of the African mobile scene, with its Opera Mini browser being used by people across the continent thanks to…

Feeling chilly, South Africa? Snow reported at Afriski, Tiffindell & Sani Pass

Update #3, 15 May, 12pm: Snow continued to fall across South Africa’s Drakensberg and Lesotho’s Maloti mountains. Have a good weekend? Bet it wasn’t…

#RIPKarabo: missing woman found slain and ‘burned’, Twitter erupts

On Tuesday 9 May, a tweet was published by a user dubbed Steph and began circulating on social media. “My friend has been missing…

Jonathan Lun wins Singularity U’s Global Impact Challenge Southern Africa

Jonathan Lun, a Wits and Stellenbosch University alum, has been named the winner of Singularity University’s Global Impact Challenge Southern Africa 2017. Lun, 32,…

Theewaterskloof Dam is now just 15% full, vlog captures its sickly shape

Like Lion’s Head at sunset or Camps Bay on a Saturday, Cape Town’s largest dam, the Theewaterskloof, is seemingly the new hottest spot in…

Homo naledi might’ve roamed Earth alongside us, new findings suggest

Homo naledi, an extinct species of homonim, was woken from her long slumber in September 2015, but a breakthrough at the same Cradle Of…

‘Sunflower worth more than a human life’: #Coligny trends in South Africa as accused granted bail

#Coligny is the hashtag currently dominating Twitter in South Africa, not #MondayMotivation. The farming town in the North West has for the latter weeks…

Cape Town’s dam levels drop again, even after Wednesday’s storms

Even after the sound and the fury that was Cape Town’s skies last week Wednesday, the city’s dam levels experienced yet another drop. The…

What has Donald Trump tweeted about most in his first 100 days?

Even though Donald Trump is now president of a global superpower, he still has plenty of time to throw a tweet or two out…

#SAAStrike: 32 flights grounded as SAA trends once again

If you’re travelling to or from South Africa today on a South African Airways (SAA) flight, you’re one of the lucky few it seems….

[Update] Cape Town’s Twitter and Insta users celebrate the stormy weather

Update #2: 1.40pm: Because Cape Town is, well, Cape Town, #rain is now among the top trending hashtags in the city and the country…

[Update] Uber passengers ‘threatened’ at Centurion Gautrain station

Update, 11.40am: In light of the incidents in Sandton and Centurion and a request for comment, Uber South Africa explains that it is “engaging…

Search.com launches AI chat that pays users and publishers

OpenAI Quietly Launches ChatGPT-5 — And It’s a Game Changer

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South African Women Entrepreneurs Get It Right

Fintura Heads to Silicon Valley After Winning SA Startup World Cup

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Microsoft launches new Surface devices in new AI era

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