Netstar to Watch over Every Comrades Runner
Netstar, the Altron‑owned telematics leader, has partnered with the Comrades Marathon to deploy its real‑time traffic monitoring platform across the 85.8 km ultra‑marathon route. From 3 am to 7:30 pm on race day, Netstar operatives will use live data analytics, StarTag tracking devices and a dedicated helicopter to spot congestion and direct resources. The initiative, branded “Keeping Everyone on Track,” aims to give organisers, marshals and spectators up‑to‑the‑minute intelligence for smoother logistics. Public updates will also be streamed via the marathon’s social media channels.
What Happens when Your Onboarding AI Gets It Wrong?
South African banks are rapidly deploying AI for digital onboarding, but SprintHive’s 2026 white paper shows that even state‑of‑the‑art models hallucinate, misclassifying transactions on poor‑quality statements. Frontier models take about 8.5 minutes per document and cost between $1.5 and $11.5 per...
Arctic Wolf Takes Aim at South Africa’s Security Blind Spots
Arctic Wolf has introduced its Aurora Attack Surface Management (ASM) platform to the South African market, offering organizations real‑time, agent‑less visibility of all assets across cloud, on‑premise and hybrid environments. The solution consolidates data from endpoints, servers, network devices and...
Murang’a County Expands Healthcare Access with Paratus and Starlink
Murang’a County has launched Kenya’s largest public digital health initiative, linking 170 public facilities to a telemedicine hub powered by Paratus Kenya and Starlink satellite connectivity. The system provides specialist consultations, digital health reporting, and rapid lab result sharing for...
Anthropic Tops Valuation of AI Pioneer OpenAI
Anthropic announced a $65 billion Series H financing round that lifts its post‑money valuation to $965 billion, overtaking rival OpenAI’s $852 billion valuation. The startup reported a $47 billion revenue run‑rate, driven by expanding enterprise adoption of its Claude chatbot. The round was led by...
Workday Horizon Returns to South Africa – Turning AI Into Business Impact
Workday announced its Horizon Johannesburg conference for 2 June 2026, gathering senior HR, finance, and technology leaders to explore turning AI from a pilot into measurable business value. The event will feature global CTO Jens Löhmar, who will share insights on embedding AI...
Connectivity Is Now a Boardroom Issue, Not an IT Afterthought
Connectivity is no longer a back‑office concern; it has become a strategic agenda item for CEOs and boards. Companies that invest in redundant fibre, LTE fail‑over and multi‑operator routing can avoid costly outages that erode revenue and brand trust. In...
Meet the CIO | Absa CITO Johnson Idesoh on AI, Cyber and the Future of Banking
Johnson Idesoh, Absa’s group chief information and technology officer, says AI—generative, agentic, and even the versions used by cyber‑criminals—is the single biggest focus on his agenda. He explained a R2.4 billion (≈ $130 million) software impairment for the 2025 fiscal year, driven by...
New Details Emerge About Pepkor’s Bank Launch Plans
South African discount retailer Pepkor Holdings aims to launch its own bank in April 2027, targeting 1.8 million primary banking customers within five years. The bank will leverage Pepkor’s network of over 6,500 stores and its existing financial‑services footprint of 22 million...
Cape Town Pioneers Pooled Wheeling of Renewable Electricity
Cape Town completed South Africa’s first pooled wheeling of renewable electricity, linking the 4.5 MW Boston hydroelectric plant to five Growthpoint properties via Eskom’s grid. The arrangement, orchestrated by Etana Energy, matches supply and demand across a portfolio, preserving municipal use‑of‑system...
Huawei Claims Chip Design Breakthrough
Huawei announced that its next‑generation chips will achieve transistor density comparable to a 1.4 nm process within five years, a milestone that would place the Chinese firm near the global frontier of semiconductor technology. The claim was made at a Shanghai...
Eskom Turned the Lights Back on – Now Finish the Reforms
Eskom has delivered a full year without load‑shedding, marking a dramatic reversal from the 300‑day crisis three years ago. The utility’s generation recovery plan boosted plant performance, cutting unplanned maintenance and saving roughly R9 billion ($474 million) in diesel costs. Private‑sector generation...
Webinar Today: A 30-Day Plan to Protect Your SME From Cyberattacks
South African SMEs are increasingly targeted by cybercriminals, as recent breaches at institutions like Wits University and tech wholesaler Esquire Technologies illustrate. The attacks often start with simple tactics such as phishing emails or stolen Microsoft 365 passwords, highlighting weak...
DDoS Attacks Expose South Africa’s Cyber Response Gap
South Africa experienced a wave of distributed denial‑of‑service attacks that knocked out six major hosting providers and disrupted the Seacom undersea cable, affecting tens of thousands of downstream businesses. Although the 2020 Cybercrimes Act gives the government legal tools to...
Truecaller Pivots with South Africa Travel eSim Launch
Truecaller, the Stockholm‑listed caller ID and spam‑blocking app, has introduced a travel eSim service in South Africa, marking the first phase of a 29‑country rollout. The offering lets travelers purchase data bundles ranging from 1 GB for seven days up to...