Home affairs opens visa fast lane – with tech talent a top priority

by nouman | Jul 21, 2026 | Education and skills, Leon Schreiber, MIP Holdings, News, PNet, Richard Firth, Sections

Pre-vetted employers get faster work visas – but the scoring shuts out smaller companies.

Skills authority to probe MICT Seta leadership crisis

by nouman | Jul 21, 2026 | Buti Manamela, MICT Seta, News, Public sector, Sections

Higher education minister Buti Manamela has referred governance concerns at the MICT Seta for assessment.

Mastercard bets billions on the tech that could eat its lunch

by nouman | Jul 21, 2026 | BVNK, Circle, Financial services, MasterCard, News, Open Standard, Prakriti Singh, Ripple, Sections, Visa

Mastercard says trust, not cost, will decide who wins payments as stablecoins and AI agents advance.

From care homes to production lines, the robots are coming

by nouman | Jul 21, 2026 | Angelo Cangelosi, Barclays, Boston Dynamics, Donnie Yen, Electronics and hardware, Elon Musk, EngineAI, Figure AI, Grand View Research, Larry Fink, News, Nvidia, Sections, Tesla, Unitree, Xpeng

Grand View Research has effectively quadrupled its 2030 forecast as the humanoid market pivots to factory work.

Remote work in South Africa hits record high

by nouman | Jul 21, 2026 | Education and skills, News, PNet, Sections

Bookkeepers, admin clerks and recruiters are joining developers in the work-from-home economy.

Uber’s mega-deal hands Prosus a R40-billion exit

by nouman | Jul 16, 2026 | Delivery Hero, Naspers, News, Prosus, Retail and e-commerce, Sections, Uber, Uber Eats

Prosus is set to pocket about €2.1-billion from the sale of its remaining stake in Delivery Hero to Uber.