SA continues to tighten regulation over its crypto assets sector, with the Financial Sector Conduct Authority (FSCA) announcing last week it has approved another 63 crypto asset service provider (CASP) licence applications, as well as probing those providers offering such services unlawfully ... Read More
The SABC will no longer broadcast the upcoming rugby test matches between the Springboks and Ireland. The announcement follows legal action by Openview owner eMedia earlier this week. A Tech Central report notes that in separate statements last weekend, the ... Read More
The DA has proposed that the Department of Communications & Digital Technologies (DCDT), under new Minister Solly Malatsi, hold public hearings to decide the fate of the SABC. A MyBroadband report notes that the hearings will determine whether the country ... Read More
Icasa chairman Mothibi Ramusi has hit back at Vodacom after the mobile operator accused the communications regulator of unlawfully approving spectrum ‘pooling’ agreements between MTN, Cell C and Liquid Intelligent Technologies. A Tech Central report notes that Vodacom has said ... Read More
‘In the rapidly evolving landscape of finance, regulatory technology is playing a growing role in how banks and other financial institutions manage their compliance obligations,’ says financial services and regulatory technology consultant Warwick Sneider. ‘By leveraging advanced technologies such ... Read More
Increasingly low-cost environmental sensors coupled with AI-powered analytical tools dangle the promise of faster and more insightful environmental planning. Writing in an analysis in The Conversation, Matthew Henry, Associate Professor in Planning, Massey University, New Zealand, notes that: ‘As part ... Read More
* Over the past decade, Telkom has shrunk its workforce dramatically as the shift from fixed-line to mobile accelerated, with more than 70% of staff cut over the period. In March 2014, it had 19 781 employees across the business – ... Read More
* Apple will get an observer role on OpenAI’s board as part of a landmark agreement announced last month, further tightening ties between the once-unlikely partners. Phil Schiller, the head of Apple’s App Store and its former marketing chief, was chosen ... Read More
* The E-commerce Forum SA (EFSA) has elected a new board of directors. The new board includes a wide selection of e-commerce experts from e-shops to e-platforms, payments, financial services, logistics, software, digital advertising, consultancy, and academia. EFSA said it planned ... Read More
From Bill of Rights to Bill of TweetsTo make the Constitution relatable to young South Africans, We the People SA has turned to generative AI to simplify the important piece text. In a statement, the organisation says after three decades ... Read More
Google Translate adds TshiVenda, SiswatiGoogle Translate, which can instantly translate text, images, speech, websites and video from one language to another, has added TshiVenda and SiSwati to its language suite, bringing the total number of official South African languages supported ... Read More
Giant robot maintains Japan railwayStarting this month, a large machine with enormous arms, a crude, disproportionately small Wall-E-like head and coke-bottle eyes mounted on a truck – which can drive on rails – will be put to use for maintenance ... Read More
SCA: IRD Global Ltd v Global Fund to Fight Aids, TB & Malaria Judgment: 4 July 2024 Keywords: Civil procedure – Interim interdictory relief – Jurisdiction – Alleged defamatory statement published on the internet accessed in SA – Whether the ... Read More
