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Yonela Ntshanga, founder and Managing Director of Hello World Systems.
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Own your software, urges Beacon Bay tech startup

Beacon Bay tech firm Hello World Systems is helping South African municipalities and businesses cut costly foreign subscriptions by building custom, locally owned software solutions.

Writer Coral Hart poses for a portrait at the Cape Town public library. Picture: AFP/ GIANLUIGI GUERCIA

370 books in 20 months: South African author defends her use of AI

South African writer Coral Hart has published more than 370 books since February 2025 using artificial intelligence, a process she passionately defends despite criticism and threats. "Grifter", "villain" -- insults abound on social media…

Richard Jardine
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LEGAL EAGLE | When AI gets the law wrong

While artificial intelligence offers speed and efficiency in drafting and research, relying on unverified legal information poses severe risks for practitioners, businesses, and the public.

Propella Business Incubator head Masa Mlamla with the creator of the Africa Startup Ecosystem Builders (ASEB), McKevin Ayaba, at the Awards Summit this week. Picture: SUPPLIED
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Eastern Cape incubator Propella named Champion of the Year

Eastern Cape business incubator Propella has been named Incubation Champion of the Year 2026 at the African Startup Ecosystem Builders Summit, celebrating its work nurturing high-impact innovators.

Facebook and Ray-Ban's first smart glasses, which launched in September 9, 2021.

Smart glasses must give clear warnings when recording, says EU watchdog

The European Union's central data watchdog has issued guidance stating that smart glasses must provide clear and reliable warnings when recording to address mounting privacy concerns.

Eastern Cape pupils taking part in fun, interactive experiments via Merck’s mobile Curiosity Cube

Science on wheels captivates Eastern Cape pupils

Merck’s Curiosity Cube has returned to South Africa for a second consecutive year, delivering hands-on Stem education to nearly 2,500 pupils across 18 Eastern Cape schools. The mobile science lab aims to bridge the gap between classroom…

Nkosi Minenkulu Joyi shows off a R1.2m drone and two scooters that will deliver chronic medication to hundreds of patients in 49 villages outside Mthatha. His Bhaziya Great Place has become the first traditional residence in South Africa to be registered as a chronic medicine collection point. Looking on at the launch are, from left, Health MEC Ntandokazi Capa, small business development minister Stella Ndabeni-Abrahams, Cogta deputy minister Prince Zolile Burns-Ncamashe, National House of Traditional and Khoisan Leaders chair Kgosi Thabo Seathlolo and King Sabata Dalindyebo mayor Nkosi Mkhanyiseli Dudumayo.
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Quad bikes, watched by drone, deliver medication to EC villagers

In rural Bhaziya near Mthatha, an innovative healthcare project is using quad bikes and overhead drone surveillance to deliver chronic medication directly to patients' homes, sparing vulnerable villagers exhausting 40km treks to the clinic.

EFF King Sabata Dalindyebo mayoral candidate Ncedo Kolanisi.

EFF creates app to facilitate reporting of complaints in KSD municipality

Residents in the King Sabata Dalindyebo municipality are reporting service delivery problems and labour issues directly to the EFF using the party's new 'Thetha Mhlali' mobile app.

Three Madibaz players are in the national student team competing in a tri-series cricket tournament against emerging teams from South Africa and Bangladesh that started on Thursday. They are, from left, Weza Gqiba, coach Garth Anderson and Jason Raubenheimer.

Madibaz cricket ‘DNA’ found in SA student team for tri-series

The national student outfit that walks out onto the Groenkloof cricket oval at the University of Pretoria today to take on a South African “emerging” team will have more than just a sampling of Madibaz DNA.

Bohlale Buzani
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KASI KONVERSATIONS | Digital skills fuel new wave of township entrepreneurs

The rise of digital platforms is transforming township entrepreneurship in South Africa, enabling business owners to expand their reach, but new challenges have emerged, including the need for digital literacy, constant online engagement,…

The race to win the heart of an online grocery shopper has entered a new phase.
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Grocers gallop to put chefs in your kitchen

Woolworths is the latest retailer to put AI at centre of the customer shopping experience

Starlink's lack of compliance with a 51% local-ownership requirement in Namibia is one of the reasons cited by the regulators for refusing to grant the operating licence.

Authorities refuse Starlink’s entry into Namibia

Elon Musk’s company lacks compliance without 51% local ownership