3+ day, 21+ hour ago   (880+ words) GWM’s Ora 5 battery-electric vehicle Much has been written about how miserable electric vehicle sales have been in South Africa. Car makers evidently think that is about to change. At the Festival of Motoring at Kyalami from 28-30 August, at least 19 battery-electric…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (631+ words) South African online retail is expected to reach R159-billion in 2026, up from R130-billion last year – but the rate of growth is expected to decline to 22.5%, from 35.4% in 2025 and 35.2% the year before. The figures come from Online Retail in South Africa…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (379+ words) South Africans bought markedly fewer smartphones in the first half of 2026 and paid considerably more for the ones they did buy, according to NielsenIQ’s latest State of the Retail Nation analysis. Telecoms is the largest category in the local tech…...

2+ week, 4+ hour ago   (469+ words) Eskom and Business Leadership South Africa (BLSA) have issued a joint statement declaring common ground on electricity reform, ending a public dispute that broke into the open in July. The two say they held a “direct and constructive engagement” on…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (426+ words) MTN has been putting 90 million prepaid Sim cards into the South African market every year, and estimates the industry as a whole is pushing between 200 million and 300 million a year into a country of about 65 million people, adults and children....

3+ week, 2+ hour ago   (261+ words) Households and small businesses will not be able to choose who sells them electricity when South Africa’s competitive electricity market opens, and those who install rooftop solar but stay connected to the grid will keep paying network charges – while anyone…...

3+ week, 2+ hour ago   (869+ words) The reduction holds on both measures MTN reports. On the IFRS 16 basis used in its segment tables, South African capital expenditure fell 13.5% to R3.3-billion from R3.81-billion. Group capital expenditure was R19.7-billion excluding leases, down 5% as reported and marginally higher in…...

3+ week, 20+ hour ago   (342+ words) Energy minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa told a Unisa audience recently that South Africa would keep coal in its mix as the backbone of its cheap energy assets, and that scientists are working on technology that will solve the environmental concerns around…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (608+ words) South Africa has not been asked to join Pax Silica, the American pact drawing the dividing line through the global AI supply chain, communications minister Solly Malatsi has indicated to TechCentral. Not one African country has signed it. The Pax…...