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Official unemployment is 31,4%, but 41,2% in real terms

South Africa's official unemployment rate was 31,4% in the fourth quarter of 2025. According to the Quarterly Labour Force Survey (QLFS) results, there was an increase of 44 000 in the number of employed persons to 17,1-million, while there was a decrease of 172 000...

Pre-budget: 10 money watchpoints for SA households

In the countdown to finance minister Enoch Godongwana’s national budget speech, it’s clear that the biggest impacts of his announcements aren’t felt in Parliament - they’re felt in household’s daily financial realities like the petrol pump, the grocery store, and on...

The ‘grey swan’ risks threatening global digital stability

As digital systems become more interconnected and dependent on invisible technical foundations, new categories of cyber risks are emerging beyond traditional malware, ransomware, and disruption. In new analysis, Alexander Gostev, chief technology expert at Kaspersky,...

Chip crisis could scuttle the AI boom

A deepening shortage of memory chips is rapidly evolving into a legitimate risk for investors with portfolios heavily exposed to AI, tech, consumer electronics, and the automotive sectors warns a leading financial advisory group. “This is a potential profit shock...

AI infrastructure will become pervasive, says Huang

AI is becoming the foundation of the “largest infrastructure buildout in human history”, spanning energy and computing infrastructure, AI models and applications. This is the word from Nvidia founder and CEO Jensen Huang, in a discussion with BlackRock CEO Larry Fink...

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AI search will play an outsize role in e-commerce

Digital commerce is undergoing a seismic transformation as generative AI platforms become mainstream discovery tools, according to Euromonitor International. Euromonitor International's Voice of the Consumer: Lifestyles Survey 2025 finds that over half of consumers...

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How to measure data streaming ROI

Organisations measure their return on investment from both operational and business perspectives. This is one finding from a survey of 200 senior IT and data executives at large companies with an annual revenue of $50-million or more. The study, which was commissioned...

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Cloud AI market size to hit $1 728,4bn by 2033

The global cloud AI market size is expected to reach $1 728,4-billion by 2033, registering a CAGR of 39,3% from 2026 to 2033, according to a new report by Grand View Research. The key factors propelling the growth of the market are the demand for intelligent virtual...

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Wearables to the fore in health digitalisation

Enhancing the relationship between people's health and wellbeing and the global movement of digitalisation with the use of wearables will allow for a wider understanding of health conditions or the optimization of communication. This is according to IDTechEx's...

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