South Africa

Adam Catzavelos gets a R150k fine, South African Twitter calls it a ‘joke’

Adam Catzavelos will pay a R150 000 fine for his racist remarks in a viral video posted from a Greek beach in August 2018….

SABC wants to charge you even more for your TV License

The SABC wants to increase TV Licences in a bid to remedy its solvency issues and keep the corporation afloat. (You know, because we…

Uyinene Mrwetyana: South Africans rally together in search of missing student

South Africans are rallying together on social media to bring home a missing University of Cape Town student. Uyinene Mrwetyana, 19, has been missing…

You can now buy smartphones through Standard Bank Mobile

Standard Bank Mobile, the mobile network offered by the eponymous bank, is now offering consumers smartphones in addition to mobile packages. The latest offering…

Sho Madjozi’s ‘John Cena’ trends after hitting one million views on YouTube

The hashtag #JohnCena is trending on Twitter on Thursday following South African artist Sho Madjozi announcing that her “John Cena” single hit one million…

Facebook can now fact-check news in African languages

Facebook on Wednesday announced a partnership with fact-checking company Africa Check to bring local African language support to its third-party Fact-Checking programme. The programme…

iStore Meets melds Apple marketing and South African celebs with education

iStore in South Africa on Tuesday announced the launch of “inspirational and informative” iStore Meets across the country. The events, which will take place…

Blockchain & cryptocurrencies: gungho or hell no?

Luno, the digital currency company with offices in Cape Town, had just announced a US$9-million Series B funding round, and its plans to expand…

Uber Movement launches in Gauteng

After it was abruptly shooed out of London last week, Uber wants to show the world that it’s more than just a disruptive on-demand…

Married at First Sight SA season 2 will not include gay couples

Married at First Sight SA‘s second season will not feature any same-sex marriages, an executive producer revealed yesterday at a DStv showcase. The series…

Taxify user ‘almost got raped’ in Johannesburg, recounts events on Twitter

Update: Taxify has responded to our request for comment, and issued the following statement. It told Memeburn that it takes these incidents “very seriously”….

SA’s box office: ‘It’ floats to the top of the charts

The Stephen King adaptation It has smashed into top spot at South Africa’s box office after bringing in over R5-million — officially making it the largest opening…

#TaxiStrike: violence erupts across Cape Town as taxi operators strike

Update: The taxi strike has reportedly been suspended. BREAKING: Taxi operations to resume by 1pm lunch time. Strike has been suspended #TaxiStrike pic.twitter.com/dGIL0IQ4Wf —…

Cape Town Taxi Strike: get realtime traffic data with this nifty map

Today’s taxi strike is currently affecting Cape Town’s already stressed transportation network, and is set to continue throughout the week. With the likes of…

The US summer box office tanked, but what about SA?

Hollywood’s summer season — usually rife with blockbusters and massive hits — took a beating this year as the worst summer in over a…

South Africa’s ‘first’ data science academy launched in Cape Town

South Africa’s “first” academy specifically focussing on data science has today launched in Cape Town. Dubbed the Explore Data Science Academy, the institution will…

Is Spotify finally coming to South Africa? This job listing suggests yes

Swedish export Spotify is one music streaming service that’s infamously not available in South Africa, but that might be about to change. A job…

5 huge benefits of augmented reality in the classroom

Students at Hoërskool Dinamika, a school in the east of Johannesburg, are gathered around a table. Sets of cards are arranged in rows before…

SA box office: The Dark Tower rises over charts

The Stephen King adaptation The Dark Tower — starring Idris Elba and Matthew McConaughey — has opened in first place on the South African charts despite an…

#Uber: South Africans take to Twitter to support attacked Sandton drivers

Three cars were torched in Sandton Thursday evening in a suspected protest between metered taxi drivers and Uber. According to provincial spokesperson Captain Mavela Masondo, preliminary…

Don’t serve Fikile Mbalula a cauliflower burger, he’ll arrest you

South Africa’s police minister Fikile Mbalula is never shy of a chuckle or two on Twitter. What he is afraid of though are cauliflower…

This is the PriceCheck eCommerce Awards shortlist for 2017

The second edition of the PriceCheck Tech and eCommerce Awards is set to take place next week in Cape Town, but this week, the…

Kenny Kunene unfazed by Twitter criticism of shooting

Businessman Kenny Kunene found himself the target of online scorn this past week after rumours that he survived being shot at by 21 bullets…

Samsung Celebrated for Transformative Tech by Consumer Technology Association

GPT 5.2 lands in the API and could reshape how SA builds with AI

Innovate47 Launches Global Food & Agri Accelerator to Back Climate-Smart Startups

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

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

GTA 6 Is Officially Coming in 2026: The New Date, the Delays and the South African Reality Check

The Gaming Gear South Africans Are Actually Buying This December

Omoda C5 X review

TDK enhances IMUs for extreme temps

Data centres and defence are reviving diesel