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SITA lacks funding and permission to address cybersecurity vulnerabilities across government networks
SITA needs funding and permission to address cybersecurity vulnerabilities across government networks The State Information Technology Agency (SITA) said that initiatives to upgrade its networks to better protect them against cyberattacks depended on funding from government departments. It...- Luis
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- Forum: Broadband and IT News
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Elon Musk and his time at Pretoria Boys High School explained
Elon Musk and his time at Pretoria Boys High School explained Many people continue to associate Elon Musk being severely beaten by bullies as a teenager with Pretoria Boys High School, even though the record of events has been corrected several times. One of Musk’s former classmates at Boys...- Luis
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Weaver Fintech's tight shareholding structure makes it a difficult buy
Weaver Fintech's tight shareholding structure makes it a difficult buy Merchant West equity analyst Neal Hoogwerf has highlighted one factor that has prevented investors from piling into Weaver Fintech's stock: a tight shareholding structure. The share price of Weaver Fintech, formerly known...- Luis
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Scam campaign targeting people who want to bet on FIFA World Cup matches
Scam campaign targeting people who want to bet on FIFA World Cup matches There is an Internet-wide scam campaign set to take off amid the 2026 FIFA World Cup tournament, targeting people who want to place bets on the games online. Cybercriminals are looking to exploit South African football...- Luis
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- betting cybercrime fifa world cup fifa world cup 2026 online gambling sean coleman security
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SABC+ crashed after a last-minute update forced all users to sign in again
SABC+ crashed after a last-minute update forced all users to sign in again The SABC+ streaming platform experienced an outage on Thursday evening, shortly before the highly anticipated FIFA World Cup 2026 kick-off, due to a surge in simultaneous login attempts. "A content encryption update had...- Luis
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- fifa fifa world cup 2026 sabc sabc+
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Eight learners representing South Africa at NASA competition
Eight learners representing South Africa at NASA competition Eight South African high school pupils have been selected to represent the country at the International Space Settlement Design Competition at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center. Seven will travel to the United States in July 2026, after...- Luis
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- international space settlement design competition kennedy space centre nasa nasa competition united states
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South African Post Office reveals R71 million net loss
South African Post Office reveals R71 million net loss The South African Post Office (SAPO) presented an overview of its financial performance for 2025/26 in Parliament on Wednesday, 10 June 2026, revealing a net loss of R71 million. That reflected a significant improvement over the R514...- Luis
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- dcdt net loss sapo sapo financial results south african post office
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- Forum: Broadband and IT News
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Google Chrome ends support for important ad blocker-related feature
Google Chrome ends support for important ad blocker-related feature Google recently released Chrome 149, which will be the last version of the popular web browser to support an important feature widely used by ad blocker extensions. From Chrome 150, the browser will no longer allow the...- Luis
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- ad block extensions ad blockers chrome 149 google google chrome internet browsers manifest v2
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South Africa's most affordable FTTH plans ranked
South Africa's most affordable FTTH plans ranked The most affordable FTTH plans in South Africa start at R99 per month, but more generally available packages are typically priced around R500, a MyBroadband analysis found. In recent years, several major fibre network operators (FNOs) have...- Luis
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- affordable fibre internet broadband fibre network operators fibre to the home ftth internet
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Eskom's electricity customers in Southern Africa look to renewable energy with billions in investments
Eskom's electricity customers in Southern Africa look to renewable energy with billions in investments Former Eskom CEO André de Ruyter predicted that the utility's primary revenue base would hollow out as major electricity customers began looking towards private producers and embedded...- Luis
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- andré de ruyter eskom eskom ceo eskom death spiral
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- Forum: Eskom and Electricity: Load Shedding
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South African Post Office wants to exit business rescue starting from June 2026
South African Post Office wants to exit business rescue starting from June 2026 The South African Post Office's (SAPO's) business rescue practitioners (BRPs) have revealed plans to finalise the entity's Termination Application to exit business rescue in June 2026. This is according to the...- Luis
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South Africa's MVNO market expected to more than triple
South Africa's MVNO market expected to more than triple South Africa’s mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) market is expected to more than triple by 2030, driven by banks, eSIM adoption, and ecosystem-led business models, Africa Analysis predicted. In its 2026 South Africa MVNO Market...- Luis
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- africa analysis esim mobile virtual network operator mvno
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Capitec working on further reducing prices for clients
Capitec working on further reducing prices for clients Capitec CEO Graham Lee said the bank is working to further reduce fees, improve quality of service, and provide customers with more products that meet their needs. Speaking to EasyEquities chief enablement officer Carel Nolte during a...- Luis
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- banking banking fees capitec capitec ceo graham lee
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Home Affairs minister defends digital ID rollout in South Africa
Home Affairs minister defends digital ID rollout in South Africa Home Affairs Minister Dr Leon Schreiber has defended the rollout of digital IDs in South Africa, stating that the proposed system is designed to empower South Africans, not surveil them. The department's draft amendments to South...- Luis
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- digital ids ernst roets home affairs id rollout leon schreiber
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SportyTV has just launched on DStv
DStv launches new SportyTV channel across its bouquets DStv quietly launched a new sports channel across its Access, Family, Compact, and Compact Plus bouquets on streaming and satellite. The addition of SportyTV on channel 236 was recently spotted by a keen-eyed MyBroadband Forum member.