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   (515+ words) NEWORDER has partnered with Lasso Security, a Tel Aviv-based AI security company, to bring agentic AI protection to South Africa. The platform lets NEWORDER run continuous adversarial testing against a client’s AI agents — attacking them the way an outsider would,…...

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, 3+ hour ago   (668+ words) Eskom more than doubled its profit in the year to 31 March 2026, reporting net profit after tax of R30.3-billion against R14-billion the year before. It is the utility’s second consecutive annual profit after eight years of losses. Revenue rose 4.1% to R354.7-billion,…...

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, 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, 5+ day ago   (397+ words) South Africa’s headline consumer inflation slowed to 4.3% year on year in July from 5% in June, data from Statistics South Africa showed on Wednesday, breaking a four-month run of accelerating prices. Economists polled by Reuters had expected inflation would ease to…...