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Final amendments to Numbering Plan Regulations published
2nd July 2026 By: Natasha Odendaal

The Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (Icasa) has published the Numbering Plan Fourth Amendment Regulations (2025) to create a standardised framework for the churn, deactivation... 


Connected digital ecosystems key to unlocking construction productivity
2nd July 2026

The global construction industry is undergoing a significant digital transformation, but technology alone will not solve the longstanding productivity challenges that continue to hamper project... 


Vodacom completes acquisition of additional 20% stake in Safaricom
30th June 2026 By: Natasha Odendaal

JSE-listed Vodacom Group has completed the acquisition of an additional 20% effective stake in Safaricom, increasing its shareholding to about 55%. This followed the staying of a conservatory order... 


Mastercard opens Africa Cybersecurity Centre of Excellence
30th June 2026 By: Schalk Burger

Payments processing multinational Mastercard has launched its Africa Cybersecurity Centre of Excellence – a pan-African initiative designed to strengthen cyber-resilience, enhance collaboration and... 


Small fibre operators perform well in ISPA's latest fibre survey
30th June 2026 By: Natasha Odendaal

Smaller fibre network operators (FNOs) are performing well against established operators, the latest Perception Survey by official Internet industry representative body the Internet Service... 


Offgrid water treatment, reuse 'living laboratory' opened in Gauteng
29th June 2026 By: Schalk Burger

A research and demonstration project to treat and directly reuse wastewater, which will form a living laboratory to provide data to Swiss and South African researchers, has been launched at the... 


Gauteng e-Gov dept allocated R1.9bn to transform government and service delivery
26th June 2026 By: Creamer Media Reporter

The Gauteng Department of e-Government has received R1.9-billion for the 2026/27 financial year to advance the province’s digital transformation agenda and support the priorities of the seventh... 


Networking platform successfully connects graduates to recruiters
26th June 2026

Since its launch in June 2022, civil engineering professional body South African Institution of Civil Engineering’s (SAICE’s) newest engineering community platform SAICE Connect has proven to be a... 


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Mastercard opens Africa Cybersecurity Centre of Excellence
30th June 2026 By: Schalk Burger

Payments processing multinational Mastercard has launched its Africa Cybersecurity Centre of Excellence – a pan-African initiative designed to strengthen cyber-resilience, enhance collaboration and... 


Small fibre operators perform well in ISPA's latest fibre survey
30th June 2026 By: Natasha Odendaal

Smaller fibre network operators (FNOs) are performing well against established operators, the latest Perception Survey by official Internet industry representative body the Internet Service... 


Gauteng e-Gov dept allocated R1.9bn to transform government and service delivery
26th June 2026 By: Creamer Media Reporter

The Gauteng Department of e-Government has received R1.9-billion for the 2026/27 financial year to advance the province’s digital transformation agenda and support the priorities of the seventh... 


Networking platform successfully connects graduates to recruiters
26th June 2026

Since its launch in June 2022, civil engineering professional body South African Institution of Civil Engineering’s (SAICE’s) newest engineering community platform SAICE Connect has proven to be a... 


Vodacom, Amazon South Africa launch partnership
25th June 2026 By: Natasha Odendaal

Vodacom South Africa has partnered with Amazon South Africa to offer customers expanded benefits through Amazon Prime, unlocking comprehensive benefits for Vodacom customers in South Africa beyond... 


Schreiber calls on citizens to upgrade to smart IDs as more bank branches join digital partnership
24th June 2026 By: Schalk Burger

Home Affairs Minister Dr Leon Schreiber calls on citizens who still have the green identity document (ID) to switch to a smart ID through the 203 bank branches that are now part of the department's... 


South Africa’s 5G challenge is spectrum use, not performance
23rd June 2026 By: Natasha Odendaal

South Africans are still spending nearly eight times more connected time on 4G networks, despite the increasing coverage, handset availability and better performance of 5G networks, Opensignal’s... 


Optical infrastructure critical to Africa’s industrialisation drive
19th June 2026 By: Devina Haripersad

Investment in high-capacity digital infrastructure and optical networks will become increasingly important as African countries pursue industrialisation, digital transformation and greater economic... 


Grid infrastructure requirements reshape base metals demand outlook to 2040 – WoodMac
17th June 2026 By: Sabrina Jardim

Research from consultancy Wood Mackenzie (WoodMac) finds that the base metals required to power the global data centre boom extend far beyond the servers, cooling units and enclosures inside these... 


Opinion: Reimagining public health service design in the era of National Health Insurance and digital health
5th June 2026

South Africa's health system carries the heavy imprint of history. The apartheid era bequeathed a fragmented, inequitable system in which race determined access to care, geographic distribution of... 


Science Technology

Necsa and University of Pretoria have signed an MoU to collaborate in the nuclear sector
23rd June 2026 By: Rebecca Campbell

The South African Nuclear Energy Corporation (Necsa) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the University of Pretoria (UP) to create a framework for bilateral cooperation regarding... 


New tech holds promises for energy, medicine – WEF report
23rd June 2026 By: Schalk Burger

Ten new technologies, identified in international organisation the World Economic Forum's (WEF's) 'Top 10 Emerging Technologies Report 2026', are approaching a critical inflection point where... 


UCT celebrates tenth birthday of institute focused on processing astronomical data
22nd June 2026 By: Rebecca Campbell

The University of Cape Town (UCT) has highlighted the tenth anniversary of the country’s Inter-University Institute for Data Intensive Astronomy (IDIA). This is a joint endeavour between UCT, the... 


Optical infrastructure critical to Africa’s industrialisation drive
19th June 2026 By: Devina Haripersad

Investment in high-capacity digital infrastructure and optical networks will become increasingly important as African countries pursue industrialisation, digital transformation and greater economic... 


Necsa, Siemens Energy form energy technology partnership
18th June 2026 By: Schalk Burger

The South African Nuclear Energy Corporation (Necsa) and energy technology company Siemens Energy have signed a nonbinding agreement to strengthen collaboration in energy, technology and... 


Grid infrastructure requirements reshape base metals demand outlook to 2040 – WoodMac
17th June 2026 By: Sabrina Jardim

Research from consultancy Wood Mackenzie (WoodMac) finds that the base metals required to power the global data centre boom extend far beyond the servers, cooling units and enclosures inside these... 


TIA, Coega form industrialisation innovation partnership
15th June 2026 By: Schalk Burger

The Coega Development Corporation (Coega) and the Technology Innovation Agency (TIA) have formed a partnership to advance South Africa’s innovation and industrialisation agenda. The strategic... 


Researchers highlight road design, maintenance and behaviour as contributors to road incidents
12th June 2026 By: Schalk Burger

The effectiveness of the designs of roads for their actual use, the maintenance of road infrastructure to ensure its effective functioning as road users expect and the behaviour of road users all... 


New liver perfusion technology offers hope amid South Africa’s organ shortage crisis
12th June 2026 By: Lumkile Nkomfe

Private academic hospital the Wits Donald Gordon Medical Centre (WDGMC) has, in partnership with nonprofit organisation Surgeons for Little Lives and used-car retailer Weelee, introduced an... 


The Square Kilometre Array Observatory now has 14 members
4th June 2026 By: Rebecca Campbell

The Square Kilometre Array (SKA) Observatory (SKAO) has announced that France has become the international organisation’s fourteenth member. French President Emmanuel Macron signed the documents of... 


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Gauteng e-Gov dept allocated R1.9bn to transform government and service delivery
26th June 2026 By: Creamer Media Reporter

The Gauteng Department of e-Government has received R1.9-billion for the 2026/27 financial year to advance the province’s digital transformation agenda and support the priorities of the seventh... 


Vodacom, Amazon South Africa launch partnership
25th June 2026 By: Natasha Odendaal

Vodacom South Africa has partnered with Amazon South Africa to offer customers expanded benefits through Amazon Prime, unlocking comprehensive benefits for Vodacom customers in South Africa beyond... 


South Africa’s 5G challenge is spectrum use, not performance
23rd June 2026 By: Natasha Odendaal

South Africans are still spending nearly eight times more connected time on 4G networks, despite the increasing coverage, handset availability and better performance of 5G networks, Opensignal’s... 


Optical infrastructure critical to Africa’s industrialisation drive
19th June 2026 By: Devina Haripersad

Investment in high-capacity digital infrastructure and optical networks will become increasingly important as African countries pursue industrialisation, digital transformation and greater economic... 


Seacom deploys a new high-capacity Nairobi-Kampala route
17th June 2026 By: Natasha Odendaal

Seacom has launched new high-capacity terrestrial network route between Nairobi and Kampala, upgrading a long-established corridor into a modern, high-capacity backbone designed to support growing... 


Mobile technologies contributed $240bn to Africa’s economy in 2025
17th June 2026 By: Natasha Odendaal

Mobile technologies and services contributed $240-billion to Africa’s economy in 2025, equivalent to 7.8% of GDP, supporting about 13-million jobs and generating $45-billion in public revenues.... 


ASSAf calls for stronger evidence, transparency, oversight after AI policy draft withdrawal
2nd June 2026 By: Natasha Odendaal

The recent withdrawal of South Africa’s draft National Artificial Intelligence Policy presents an important opportunity to strengthen the country’s approach to AI governance through greater... 


Telkom reports strong FY earnings
2nd June 2026 By: Natasha Odendaal

JSE-listed Telkom on Tuesday posted a double-digit increase in earnings from continuing operations for the year ended March 31. Headline earnings a share increased 21.5% to 708.5c, while basic... 


Telkom’s continuing operations to achieve double-digit earnings growth
27th May 2026 By: Natasha Odendaal

JSE-listed Telkom on Wednesday said it expects to report a double-digit increase in earnings from its continuing operations for the year ended March 31. Basic earnings per share (BEPS) and headline... 


Icasa’s approval of licence transfer application of Herotel paves the way for national fibre expansion
15th May 2026 By: Natasha Odendaal

The approval by the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (Icasa) of Herotel’s licence transfer application marked a definitive step forward in strengthening South Africa’s fibre... 


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