South Africa

Chill South Africa, #Listeriosis is trending for all the right reasons this time

As a South African, seeing the word “listeriosis” trending on Twitter is a signal of both bad news and terribly boring sandwiches devoid of…

Nando’s latest ad throws shade at South Africa’s brand campaigns

If you thought Netflix nailing DStv was harsh, or Cell C mocking Rain’s LTE service was crude, you’re going to love Nando’s shade at…

Nelson Mandela Bay’s dams are just 18% full

Cape Town may be recovering from the drought that plagued it for all of 2017, but other areas across South Africa haven’t been so…

Beware: ‘WhatsApp Africa’ isn’t giving away free data on Twitter

You may want to think twice about posting your mobile number to Twitter, even if it’s to “WhatsApp Africa”. A tweet posted on Monday…

Watch: Sutherland looks like Siberia in this frigid YouTube video

You’d be forgiven for thinking that the sleepy Northern Cape town of Sutherland is not in South Africa. This weekend the usually frigid settlement…

Stats SA reveals South Africa’s most popular baby name

Statistics South Africa has had a habit of announcing sad news this year, but it’s latest report details something more cheerful. The agency today…

Africa’s first commercial 5G network goes lives in Lesotho

Vodacom’s first commercial 5G network is not in South Africa, but its next door neighbour Lesotho. The company on Saturday announced that the service…

FHM rape joke writers officially axed

FHM South Africa has officially dismissed Maxim Barashenkov and Montle Moorosi, the two writers who sparked social media outrage after posting corrective and date…

Shuttleworth loses exchange control case, gains a few points along the way

Mark Shuttleworth has lost his bid to have the South African Reserve Bank pay back some R250-million (US$24.5-million) that he says he had to…

12 ways to nail that digital advertising award

The very first time I attended the Loeries (South Africa’s largest advertising awards) at Sun City back in 2000, I danced with Lowe Bull…

Viral alert: impala evades cheetahs, jumps into Toyota

Videos of wild animals doing extraordinary things around humans have a tendency to blow up online. Just look at how many views Battle at…

Measurement Lab, Google want to help Africans measure their internet quality

There are loads of people who are concerned about how much internet access Africa has. In trying to address that concern it’s also easy…

Internet properties bump Naspers profit up 23%

Emerging markets media and internet giant Naspers saw its profit jump 23% on the back of seriously strong internet sales. The Cape Town-based company…

Pistorius investigators ask Apple for help

Murder accused paralympian Oscar Pistorius has forgotten the four digit code to his iPhone, forcing police to seek help from Apple reports the Mail…

University apologises after Mandela obituary appears on website

The University of the Witwatersrand (Wits), one of South Africa’s foremost institutions of higher learning, has apologized for an obituary to former president Nelson…

Innovation, health and wisdom in the digital age: why Cannes isn’t crap

While eating duck breast with strawberries on a bed of bulgur wheat laced with raspberry jus I decided yesterday that Cannes is not crap….

#YouKnowYoureSouthAfricanWhen: can hashtags shape a nation’s story?

People love to laugh at themselves, especially at times when the country they live in seems at odds with itself. You just have to…

7 things you need to know about South Africa’s new data protection laws

South Africa is now putting the finishing touches on its first comprehensive data protection laws, aligned closely with those currently under debate in Europe….

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