If you’ve ever felt guilty for not paying your TV license even if you don’t watch SABC content, the state itself owes SABC money – its own broadcaster. The Minister of Communications and Digital Technologies, Solly Malatsi revealed that provincial governments and municipalities owe the SABC R30 million collectively across the country.
A Microsoft AI chatbot on WhatsApp was trained on 20 years worth of data from real legal cases in South Africa, making it very good at giving legal advice for local people. The chatbot, My AI Lawyer, from a Johannesburg-based company has won multiple awards even if we think it could be improved in a few places.
Amazon is looking to launch a rival super-cheap ecommerce platform to rival Shein and Temu, and we have new information. “Internal documents” reveal that potential merchants for the new storefront have been advised on price caps for products that they wish to be listed.
“Here we could see upper price limits as low as $8 (~R140) for jewellery, $9 (~R158) for bedding, $13 (~R229) for guitars, and $20 (~R352) for sofas, with the products said to be shipped by Amazon at its fulfilment centre in Guangdong, China,” writes Robin-Leigh Chetty in the report.
