Avoid high licensing fees by building your own software
The ROI on replacing expensive SaaS has become extremely compelling.
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What’s Next — Logicalis SA’s Morné Laubscher on how AI is helping organisations to scale
Morné Laubscher is the Chief Technology Officer at Logicalis SA and has spent nearly three decades helping companies and individuals leverage new technologies.
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Two smartphones in South Africa which cost R449
The two most affordable 4G smartphones in South Africa in May 2026 are the Hisense U32 and Hisense U967, both of which cost R449.
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Illegal initiation schools, be warned: we will hunt you and close you, with consequences to follow
The tradition of young men leaving their homes to go to initiation schools has not only been a source of pride for families and loved ones but has also brought misery and the loss of lives to some families across our country. There is certainly concern as the winter initiation season kicks off, with traditional…
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Stable energy supply key for Africa’s industrial growth
From the outset, the Nuclear Energy Innovation Summit for Africa (NEISA) was designed to bring together leaders, experts and partners to advance Africa’s nuclear energy goals. The strong participation at the summit this year reflects a growing consensus that the future of our economies depends on how quickly we solve the energy challenge. Nuclear energy…
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Reflecting on xenophobia in South Africa
The violence against foreign Africans has undermined and will continue to undermine the African National Congress’s foreign policy of positioning South Africa as a so-called moral force. It will undermine South Africa’s influence in Africa as well as in continental and global institutions. It is likely to result in African countries not supporting South Africa…
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The beautiful game stops at the border
Last week, my fiancée was denied a visa to the US under the pretext that she is a “threat to the national interests of the United States of America”. She is not a terrorist. She is not a fraudster, a larcenist or a human trafficker. She is not violent and carries no hate in her…
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Ideology | Media | Nationality | Opinion | Thought Leader
Why the media should stop calling white South Africans ‘refugees’
With the Trump administration planning to expand its assistance to Afrikaners, raising the limit to 17 500 from 7 500 and declaring an “emergency refugee situation”, the term “refugee” is being used once again. There is a difference between leaving and fleeing. The media should know that. The increasing numbers of white South Africans relocating…
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Denying SA is xenophobic: sounds like Trump’s Maga
In a report published in December 2021 by Xenowatch, a project at the African Centre for Migration & Society at the University of the Witwatersrand, xenophobic violence was defined as acts explicitly targeting foreign nationals or “outsiders” because they are perceived as strangers. It is categorised as a hate crime with the primary motive of…
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Nduduzo Makhathini is not playing alone
Nduduzo Makhathini has been back in Durban for only a day when we speak. Two months on the road — Princeton, Houston, Phoenix, Seattle, Berkeley, London, Antwerp and points between — and now home, which he says with the particular relief of someone who means it. “Man,” he says, settling into the word. “It really…