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@techcentral Thu, 01 Oct 2026 07:37:58
Home affairs pulls the plug on the green ID book
Home affairs will stop producing the green ID book in March 2027, and it will cease to be valid ID on 31 March 2028.
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@techcentral 6 hours ago
Bonanza for Cell C executives
Cell C has confirmed its executives paid nothing for 15.3 million shares transferred to them at listing.
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@techcentral 8 hours ago
AI spending now dwarfs the railway and dot-com booms
Economists question whether AI can deliver the productivity gains needed to justify trillions in spending.
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@techcentral Fri, 02 Oct 2026 11:33:37
Eskom has a R1.20/kWh offer for bitcoin miners
Eskom wants to sell surplus power to bitcoin miners, but energy regulator Nersa's paper leaves key questions open.
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@techcentral Fri, 02 Oct 2026 10:38:06
Huawei sets out its vision for intelligent government at GovTech 2026
From connected to intelligent: Huawei's role in building secure and inclusive AI capabilities for South Africa's public sector.
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@techcentral Fri, 02 Oct 2026 09:02:33
A simple guide to modern laptop processors for small businesses
Intel, AMD or Qualcomm? Incredible's plain-English guide to choosing the right laptop processor.
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@techcentral Fri, 02 Oct 2026 08:22:01
Meta's smart glasses are officially coming to South Africa
Ray-Ban Meta and Oakley Meta smart glasses are getting an official local launch this year, but likely without Muse.
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@techcentral Fri, 02 Oct 2026 07:49:15
Usaasa consults on universal access as its abolition stalls
The agency government plans to scrap wants to redefine universal access – 14 years after the last targets lapsed.
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@techcentral Fri, 02 Oct 2026 06:36:35
Frogfoot plots acquisitions as Octotel and MetroFibre weigh a merger
Frogfoot's Shane Chorley wants to be the buyer, not the bought, as South African fibre consolidates.
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@techcentral Thu, 01 Oct 2026 13:40:02
TCS | Norrsken22's Lexi Novitske on how China is winning African tech
Norrsken22's Lexi Novitske explains how Chinese firms won African phones and fintech – and are now winning in AI.
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@techcentral Thu, 01 Oct 2026 13:13:49
Cloud and AI won't deliver value on their own, executives warn
Cloud and AI investments don't automatically create value, executives at a recent Cloud On Demand roundtable concluded.
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@techcentral Thu, 01 Oct 2026 10:27:46
What Smollan learnt moving 9 000 users to Google Workspace
Smollan moved 9 064 users across 19 countries from Microsoft 365 to Google Workspace.
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@techcentral Thu, 01 Oct 2026 09:03:59
South Africa's digital ID is here – but you can't have it yet
Home affairs minister Leon Schreiber has demonstrated a prototype digital ID linked to the population register.
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@techcentral Thu, 01 Oct 2026 09:13:18
Dell Technologies Forum 2026: what to expect in Johannesburg
Scaling AI tops the agenda at Dell Technologies Forum, at Kyalami on 3 November.
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