Author: Chris Anu

A company with its headquarters in Pretoria has designed and built an advanced drone that can attain speeds of 250km/h, reach altitudes of up to 9 000m and travel more than 4 000km before having to return to its base.  The company, Milkor, is a South African defence equipment and cybersecurity specialist that was founded all the way back in 1981.  Its newly developed Milkor 380 unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) – in essence, a giant drone – has a cruising altitude of 10 000ft, a wingspan of 18m and a maximum payload of 220kg. Watch the podcast The drone has a flight time of…

In this episode of ITWeb TV, Sibahle Malinga chats to Shaun Fuchs, CEO and founder of Centennial Schools, about the challenges facing SA’s education system and plans to take its tech-enhanced teaching model to the Western Cape, and beyond.Sandton-based Centennial Schools will soon offer pupils in the Western Cape the opportunity to enrol for its science, technology, engineering and mathematics curriculum, as part of its national expansion plan.Centennial Schools has a strategy of digital learning and teaching, aligned with the needs of organisations in the digital era.The high school says it is preparing its pupils for a digital economy though…

After months of delay, the Competition Tribunal has finally completed the reasons document in which it explains, in detail, its controversial decision to block Vodacom’s acquisition of a co-controlling stake in fibre operator Maziv. However, only those party to the merger are entitled to read the full document, for now, because of concerns over confidentiality. The reasons document – which runs to more than 350 pages and which comes five months after the regulator announced it would uphold a recommendation by the Competition Commission that the transaction be prohibited – comes as the merging parties gear up to fight the…

Jason Oehley, regional sales manager, Arctic Wolf Networks. Multinational cyber security firm Arctic Wolf will leverage its acquisition of Cylance endpoint security assets to strengthen its presence in the high-growth endpoint security space.In February, Arctic Wolf concluded the $160 million deal to buy Cylance’s suite of endpoint security capabilities and AI functionality from BlackBerry. The cyber security firm says the global endpoint security space is ripe for disruption, and represents a $17 billion total addressable market, which has a forecast compound annual growth rate of 14%.By integrating Cylance’s AI capabilities into its Aurora platform, Arctic Wolf is seeking to grow…

Ford’s manufacturing plant in Silverton outside Pretoria Motoring industry body Naamsa is investigating the impact of US President Donald Trump’s Wednesday announcement that all foreign-made vehicles and car parts will now be subjected to a 25% tariff. This is has raised serious questions about the Africa Growth and Opportunities Act (Agoa), which affords South African goods duty-free access to the US. Agoa is set to expire in September, with a possibility for extension. The US is the second largest market for South African vehicle exports after Germany. But rising political tensions between South Africa and the US have made the…

MTN SA chief technology officer Rami Farah and Lynk Global chief commercial officer Dan Dooley. Mobile operator MTN SA and Lynk Global yesterday successfully completed a technical trial of what they describe as “Africa’s first satellite-to-mobile device phone call”. US-based Lynk Global is a low Earth orbit (LEO) satellite firm that provides satellite-direct-to-device solutions. According to a statement, the companies conducted a phone call in the North West’s Vryburg, an agricultural town that is home to about 21 000 people.“The call in Vryburg enabled MTN and Lynk Global to test voice call quality and SMS capabilities over a LEO satellite connection,” says…

Discovery Bank CEO Hylton Kallner Discovery Bank is adding a raft of security and AI features, giving clients more power to fight criminals, including in instances where they are forced to open their banking app under duress. As so-called banking app kidnappings increasingly strike fear into the hearts of many South Africans – stoking worries that they’ll be held at gunpoint and forced to unlock their phones and have their money transferred and stolen – Discovery Bank CEO Hylton Kallner said on Thursday that the new tools give its customers the ability to defend themselves and even seek help in…

Rimini Street Launches Rimini Manage™ for Workday Rimini Street, Inc. (Nasdaq: RMNI), a global provider of end-to-end enterprise software support and innovation solutions, and the leading third-party support provider for Oracle, SAP and VMware software, today announced that it is now a Workday Application Management Services (AMS) Partner and has launched its Rimini Manage™ for Workday services with immediate availability. This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20250327511021/en/Seamless Workday Operations, Enhanced Business Outcomes Rimini Manage for Workday facilitates smooth day-to-day operation of Workday Financial Management, Workday Human Capital Management (HCM), and Workday Adaptive Planning, helping organizations operate…

MTN South Africa CEO Charles Molapisi MTN South Africa and Lynk Global, a satellite company, have said they have completed the first successful test of a satellite direct-to-mobile voice call in the country. Since the initial use case for direct-to-mobile is boosting connectivity in rural and outlying communities, the trial was conducted in a remote part of North West to demonstrate that very capability. Lynk Global chief commercial officer Dan Dooley claimed it was the first commercial direct-to-mobile call made in Africa. We are very aware of the challenges of having to compete as a fixed and wireless operator with…

Videsha Proothveerajh, director of Vodacom Business. In a bid to address water security challenges in Gauteng, Vodacom Business has entered into a strategic partnership with the Strategic Water Partners Network (SWPN).Through this collaboration, Vodacom Business will leverage its digital solutions to drive enhanced water management and sustainable supply for the region.Vodacom Business said in a statement that a key component of this initiative is its digital water tower, developed in partnership with Mezzanine. The digital water tower is designed to deliver, support and maintain critical water services for suppliers, municipalities and consumers. By integrating geospatial consumption data, network topology maps…