Ronald Ralinala
Amazon’s entry into the South African market this week has been anything but typical – the headline isn’t the launch of Prime itself, but the pricing of the Amazon bundle that now sits on countless debit orders across the country. For R59 a month (or R399 if paid upfront) South Africans gain access to Prime … Read more
Snow has blanketed parts of Lesotho and the highlands of Kwa Zulu‑Natal, confirming the winter forecast that warned of an early cold snap across the region. Residents from the capital, Maseru, to the Drakensberg peaks reported a fresh powder cover this morning, while meteorologists caution that disruptive snowfall could linger throughout the week. The unexpected white … Read more
South African organisations have moved well beyond the early‑stage buzz around cloud, now wrestling with the hard question of how to turn sprawling hybrid and multi‑cloud environments into measurable business advantage. A recent Africa Analysis forecast puts the local cloud market on track to hit R113 billion by 2028, driven by a 26 % CAGR between 2023 … Read more
The Pretoria central business district has once again found itself under the spotlight after Tshwane Mayor Dr Nasiphi Moya led a sweeping by‑law enforcement raid that shut down a Chinese‑run brothel masquerading as a hotel. The operation, carried out in the early hours of Tuesday, saw police and city officials storm the K20 establishment, arrest the … Read more
Customers expect a seamless conversation, yet in South Africa the true obstacle for AI voicebots isn’t the brilliance of the underlying large‑language model – it’s whether the nation’s telephony backbone can deliver replies at a human‑like pace. As call volumes surge and contact centres race to digitise, milliseconds now decide whether a caller hangs up … Read more
The police service has been rocked by the sudden dismissal of Major General Richard Shibiri, the suspended head of Organised Crime in the South African Police Service (SAPS). Shibiri, who was already under intense scrutiny after a disciplinary hearing found him guilty of bringing the force into disrepute, received his termination notice on 22 May. … Read more
The tragic death of veteran character actor James Handy has shocked both the Hollywood community and fans worldwide after police say he was stabbed to death in a Tarzana home on Wednesday morning. Officials identified the 81‑year‑old performer, known for memorable turns in Logan, Jumanji and the recent blockbuster Top Gun: Maverick, as the victim only … Read more
Anthropic, the San Francisco‑based AI start‑up best known for its Claude chatbot, has issued a stark warning to fellow frontier‑AI developers: if artificial intelligence reaches a point where it can redesign and improve itself faster than societies can understand the risks, a coordinated, verifiable slowdown—or even a temporary pause—must be put in place. The company … Read more
Businessman Rafik Mohamed walked out of the Palm Ridge Commercial Crimes Court on Tuesday after the judge set his bail at R100 000 and imposed a suite of strict conditions. Mohamed, who had spent two days in custody, faces charges of fraud, theft and contravention of the Companies Act in a case that ties directly into the … Read more
When a woman in labour suddenly rolled up to the forecourt of a Kuils River petrol station, most of us would have assumed the nearest hospital or an ambulance would be on the way within minutes. Instead, a 21‑year‑old attendant named Chevaan Abrahams took charge, helped deliver a healthy baby boy and kept both mother and … Read more