TechCentral https://techcentral.co.za/ Technology News Leader In South Africa Fri, 04 Sep 2026 19:35:33 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1 https://techcentral.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/cropped-techcentral-thumbnail-for-socials-2023-32x32.jpg TechCentral https://techcentral.co.za/ 32 32 Rural South Africa does not need six towers to have a choice https://techcentral.co.za/rural-infrastructure-sharing-act-competition-exemption/285755/ https://techcentral.co.za/rural-infrastructure-sharing-act-competition-exemption/285755/#respond Fri, 04 Sep 2026 18:50:25 +0000 https://techcentral.co.za/?p=285755 https://techcentral.co.za/rural-infrastructure-sharing-act-competition-exemption/285755/feed/ 0 Icasa to investigate what South Africans pay to communicate https://techcentral.co.za/icasa-telecoms-affordability-market-inquiry/285773/ https://techcentral.co.za/icasa-telecoms-affordability-market-inquiry/285773/#respond Fri, 04 Sep 2026 08:55:08 +0000 https://techcentral.co.za/?p=285773 https://techcentral.co.za/icasa-telecoms-affordability-market-inquiry/285773/feed/ 0 Share manipulation behind Africa Bitcoin debarments, FSCA says https://techcentral.co.za/warren-wheatley-debarment-fsca-share-manipulation/285757/ https://techcentral.co.za/warren-wheatley-debarment-fsca-share-manipulation/285757/#comments Fri, 04 Sep 2026 07:04:08 +0000 https://techcentral.co.za/?p=285757 https://techcentral.co.za/warren-wheatley-debarment-fsca-share-manipulation/285757/feed/ 1 OpenAI chases Anthropic’s enterprise lead with GPT-6 Astra https://techcentral.co.za/gpt-6-astra-openai-anthropic-enterprise/285749/ https://techcentral.co.za/gpt-6-astra-openai-anthropic-enterprise/285749/#respond Fri, 04 Sep 2026 05:38:59 +0000 https://techcentral.co.za/?p=285749 https://techcentral.co.za/gpt-6-astra-openai-anthropic-enterprise/285749/feed/ 0 OpenAI chases Anthropic's enterprise lead OpenAI says GPT-6 Astra is its most capable model yet - but it also concedes the AI is getting better at hiding its reasoning. Anthropic,Greg Brockman,Hugging Face,Jakub Pachocki,OpenAI,GPT-6 Astra Uber retreats from key African markets https://techcentral.co.za/uber-retreat-african-markets/285698/ https://techcentral.co.za/uber-retreat-african-markets/285698/#respond Thu, 03 Sep 2026 18:52:31 +0000 https://techcentral.co.za/?p=285698 https://techcentral.co.za/uber-retreat-african-markets/285698/feed/ 0 Cyberattack hits South Africa’s biggest water utility https://techcentral.co.za/rand-water-cyberattack/285746/ https://techcentral.co.za/rand-water-cyberattack/285746/#respond Thu, 03 Sep 2026 18:50:19 +0000 https://techcentral.co.za/?p=285746 https://techcentral.co.za/rand-water-cyberattack/285746/feed/ 0 Why electric trucks are beating electric cars to South Africa https://techcentral.co.za/electric-trucks-south-africa-hiten-parmar/285742/ https://techcentral.co.za/electric-trucks-south-africa-hiten-parmar/285742/#respond Thu, 03 Sep 2026 13:06:35 +0000 https://techcentral.co.za/?p=285742 https://techcentral.co.za/electric-trucks-south-africa-hiten-parmar/285742/feed/ 0 Why electric trucks are beating electric cars to South Africa Electric trucks are now on sale in South Africa with fleets reporting savings of up to 25%, while passenger EVs are 1% of new vehicle sales. Hiten Parmar,South African Photovoltaic Industry Association,Southern African Electric Mobility Association,The Electric Mission,Watts & Wheels,electric trucks South Africa Only one in 10 township businesses sells online https://techcentral.co.za/township-e-commerce-competition-commission-report/285733/ https://techcentral.co.za/township-e-commerce-competition-commission-report/285733/#respond Thu, 03 Sep 2026 12:29:32 +0000 https://techcentral.co.za/?p=285733 https://techcentral.co.za/township-e-commerce-competition-commission-report/285733/feed/ 0 Rural South Africans should not have to trade competition for coverage https://techcentral.co.za/rural-competition-exemption-act-operators/285726/ https://techcentral.co.za/rural-competition-exemption-act-operators/285726/#respond Thu, 03 Sep 2026 11:15:53 +0000 https://techcentral.co.za/?p=285726 https://techcentral.co.za/rural-competition-exemption-act-operators/285726/feed/ 0 Adrian Gore sets an October date for Discovery’s ‘super bank’ https://techcentral.co.za/discovery-super-bank-october-launch-date/285719/ https://techcentral.co.za/discovery-super-bank-october-launch-date/285719/#respond Thu, 03 Sep 2026 10:34:18 +0000 https://techcentral.co.za/?p=285719 https://techcentral.co.za/discovery-super-bank-october-launch-date/285719/feed/ 0 Discovery bolts AI-driven healthtech onto Vitality with Icario deal https://techcentral.co.za/discovery-icario-vitality-us-health-tech-deal/285706/ https://techcentral.co.za/discovery-icario-vitality-us-health-tech-deal/285706/#respond Thu, 03 Sep 2026 09:11:39 +0000 https://techcentral.co.za/?p=285706 https://techcentral.co.za/discovery-icario-vitality-us-health-tech-deal/285706/feed/ 0 How to build a security operations centre that actually works https://techcentral.co.za/kaspersky-security-operations-centre-soc-guide/285712/ Thu, 03 Sep 2026 04:47:51 +0000 https://techcentral.co.za/?p=285712 FSCA debars CEO of JSE-listed bitcoin treasury company https://techcentral.co.za/africa-bitcoin-corporation-fsca-debarment/285640/ https://techcentral.co.za/africa-bitcoin-corporation-fsca-debarment/285640/#comments Wed, 02 Sep 2026 18:45:09 +0000 https://techcentral.co.za/?p=285640 https://techcentral.co.za/africa-bitcoin-corporation-fsca-debarment/285640/feed/ 1 Report shows big shifts in online spending in South Africa https://techcentral.co.za/online-retail-south-africa-2026-world-wide-worx/285678/ https://techcentral.co.za/online-retail-south-africa-2026-world-wide-worx/285678/#respond Wed, 02 Sep 2026 18:30:24 +0000 https://techcentral.co.za/?p=285678 https://techcentral.co.za/online-retail-south-africa-2026-world-wide-worx/285678/feed/ 0 DStv’s biggest package overhaul in 12 years takes shape https://techcentral.co.za/dstv-package-overhaul-m-net-premium/285693/ https://techcentral.co.za/dstv-package-overhaul-m-net-premium/285693/#respond Wed, 02 Sep 2026 15:56:48 +0000 https://techcentral.co.za/?p=285693 https://techcentral.co.za/dstv-package-overhaul-m-net-premium/285693/feed/ 0 Winstone Jordaan on building a national EV charging network https://techcentral.co.za/winstone-jordaan-ev-charging-network/285687/ https://techcentral.co.za/winstone-jordaan-ev-charging-network/285687/#respond Wed, 02 Sep 2026 13:31:29 +0000 https://techcentral.co.za/?p=285687 https://techcentral.co.za/winstone-jordaan-ev-charging-network/285687/feed/ 0 Winstone Jordaan on building a national EV charging network GridCars founder Winstone Jordaan on what it takes to build a national EV charging network in South Africa, and what still stands in the way. Eskom,Gridcars,Watts & Wheels,Winstone Jordaan,Winstone Jordaan EV charging Teraco’s electricity consumption triples in four years https://techcentral.co.za/teraco-energy-consumption-sediba-solar/285665/ https://techcentral.co.za/teraco-energy-consumption-sediba-solar/285665/#respond Wed, 02 Sep 2026 09:12:16 +0000 https://techcentral.co.za/?p=285665 https://techcentral.co.za/teraco-energy-consumption-sediba-solar/285665/feed/ 0 ‘This is not circular’: Jensen Huang defends $3.5-billion MediaTek deal https://techcentral.co.za/nvidia-mediatek-investment-nvlink-fusion/285655/ https://techcentral.co.za/nvidia-mediatek-investment-nvlink-fusion/285655/#respond Wed, 02 Sep 2026 08:05:36 +0000 https://techcentral.co.za/?p=285655 https://techcentral.co.za/nvidia-mediatek-investment-nvlink-fusion/285655/feed/ 0 Woolworths’ online business is going nowhere fast https://techcentral.co.za/woolworths-online-sales-sixty60/285650/ https://techcentral.co.za/woolworths-online-sales-sixty60/285650/#respond Wed, 02 Sep 2026 07:44:41 +0000 https://techcentral.co.za/?p=285650 https://techcentral.co.za/woolworths-online-sales-sixty60/285650/feed/ 0 New OpenAI model can find and exploit unknown security flaws on its own https://techcentral.co.za/openai-astra-model-security-flaws/285634/ https://techcentral.co.za/openai-astra-model-security-flaws/285634/#respond Wed, 02 Sep 2026 05:34:12 +0000 https://techcentral.co.za/?p=285634 https://techcentral.co.za/openai-astra-model-security-flaws/285634/feed/ 0