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Ageing Safe cable prompts new R1.7-billion Indian Ocean link
South Africa will gain a second Réunion cable at 320Tbit/s by 2028, in preparation for the retirement of the ageing Safe system.
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DStv's biggest shake-up in 15 years lands on 17 September
M-Net and KykNet are leaving the confines of Premium, cricket is dropping to R399 and Compact Plus is disappearing altogether.
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@techcentral 2 hours ago
The case against a light-touch AI policy for South Africa
A UCT doctoral thesis argues AI regulation should be enforceable, not left to voluntary principles.
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@techcentral 3 hours ago
The grid unbundling finally has a deadline
The unbundling now has advisers, a timetable and, at last, agreement between Eskom and business.
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@techcentral Fri, 04 Sep 2026 03:55:08
Icasa to investigate what South Africans pay to communicate
Icasa opens a market inquiry into telecoms affordability, the fifth such process in under a decade.
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@techcentral Fri, 04 Sep 2026 02:50:25
Rural South Africa does not need six towers to have a choice
ACT CEO Nomvuyiso Batyi answers Wapa's Paul Colmer on the operators' rural infrastructure exemption application.
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@techcentral Fri, 04 Sep 2026 02:04:08
Share manipulation behind Africa Bitcoin debarments, FSCA says
The regulator has imposed R10-million in penalties and 20-year debarments over trading in shares in September 2022.
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@techcentral Fri, 04 Sep 2026 00:38:59
OpenAI chases Anthropic's enterprise lead with GPT-6 Astra
The new model has been launched, targeting enterprise customers as Anthropic builds a lead ahead of its expected listing.
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@techcentral Thu, 03 Sep 2026 13:50:19
Cyberattack hits South Africa's biggest water utility
Rand Water has been hit by a cyberattack but has said it's still business as usual, with no impact to water supply.
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@techcentral Thu, 03 Sep 2026 07:29:32
Only one in 10 township businesses sells online
The Competition Commission's first township economy report puts numbers on the gap – and on why it exists.
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@techcentral Thu, 03 Sep 2026 08:06:35
Why electric trucks are beating electric cars to South Africa
Hiten Parmar on why South Africa's electric transition is starting with trucks rather than family cars.
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@techcentral Thu, 03 Sep 2026 06:15:53
Rural South Africans should not have to trade competition for coverage
Letting big operators coordinate rural roll-outs would leave many communities with one provider and no alternative.
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@techcentral Thu, 03 Sep 2026 05:34:18
Adrian Gore sets an October date for Discovery's 'super bank'
The digital bank's first full-year profit of R370-million comes as Discovery ramps up its bet on AI.
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@techcentral Thu, 03 Sep 2026 04:47:51
How to build a security operations centre that actually works
Kaspersky sets out the people, processes and technology a security operations centre needs.
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