
SA's new 4-petaflop supercomputer has sat in storage for a year
The CSIR confirms components for Lengau's 4-petaflop replacement arrived about a year ago and are still being prepared for deployment.






The CSIR confirms components for Lengau's 4-petaflop replacement arrived about a year ago and are still being prepared for deployment.

Stratos Lab, ECOBLOX and Digital Parks Africa are deploying 50-plus Nvidia B300 HGX servers and 400-plus GPUs in Centurion.

MTN wants about 150MW of AI-ready capacity in South Africa and Nigeria in a UAE-backed venture, staying a minority investor.

PayJustNow is launching an MVNO on Cell C, aiming to turn its buy-now-pay-later customers into mobile subscribers with credit-linked offers.

Checkers Sixty60 generated R25.5 billion in annual sales and contributed about 36% of Shoprite group incremental sales growth.

Datatec's R29-a-share special distribution totals R7.05 billion. Founder Jens Montanana's 19.01% stake is worth about R1.3 billion before tax.

Apple will stream its Surprise and shine event at 19:00 SAST on 9 September. A new iPhone lineup is confirmed. A foldable is not.

Garmin's first screenless smart band is now available locally, offering up to 10 days of battery life, 24/7 health tracking and no required subscription.

A 16GB DDR4 kit that cost R699 last year is now about R2,299. The AI infrastructure boom is showing up in ordinary South African PC builds.

Konami's second Metal Gear archive collection is out, bringing Metal Gear Solid 4 and Peace Walker to current platforms at R1,099 locally.

Nvidia has released the second-generation transformer model behind DLSS 4.5 Ray Reconstruction, bringing it to supported ray-traced games through the.

Nintendo has sold more Switch consoles than any other system in its history, but rising costs already shape what comes next.

Starlink could reshape broadband beyond South Africa's fibre footprint, but licensing remains the decisive part of the local story.

Researchers found Hungry Lion-linked customer credentials in stealer logs over about nine months, alongside a separate MedusaLocker ransomware claim.

The Information Regulator says it has received more than 8,000 security-compromise reports, including 1,220 since April 2026.

South African businesses face faster ransomware campaigns, wider attack surfaces and less time to contain a compromise.

Mamor Capital Ventures reached a R300 million first close for its debut fund, anchored by the PIC, targeting post-revenue South African tech businesses.

SAICTA’s Industry Connect links South African ICT employers and jobseekers, with Angular, Supabase, Xneelo and Microsoft sign-on under the hood.

Verascient has closed an oversubscribed $1.2 million pre-seed round to build enterprise AI systems around the knowledge companies already have.

Meta's US settlement adds two-hour daily limits, midnight lockouts and algorithm controls for teens. The rules skip South Africa for now, but may shape.

A new SAHRC policy brief argues that South Africa needs systemic platform accountability, transparency and risk assessment rather than relying on criminal law to fight disinformation.

MTN says South Africa's mobile industry may distribute 200 to 300 million SIM cards a year, driven by prepaid churn and weak registration.
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