APPOINTMENT OF ANDRE ARENDSE AS ASSISTANT COACH

Sekhukhune United Football Club (SKUFC) is pleased to announce the appointment of Andre Arendse – a highly respected figure in South African football and alumnus of the 1996 AFCON-winningBafana Bafana squad – to the Club’s technical team. Betway Premiership campaign.The 58-year-old Arendse brings 15 years of coaching experience at Premiership level, having served in various…

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AI AND 5G SHAPE THE FUTURE OF AFRICA’S MOBILE-FIRST STARTUP ECOSYSTEM

By Ernst Wittmann, TCL Regional Manager for Southern & East Africa and Global Operator Account Manager for Africa Africa is a hotbed of mobile innovation and entrepreneurship, blazing trails in applications as diverse as mobile money (M-Pesa), e-commerce (Jumia and Takealot), smartphone-powered retail (Yoco and others), business to business platforms (like Twiga Foods, which connects small-scale farmers…

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THE TAKE A SEAT AWARDS 2025 TO HONOUR WOMEN AND YOUTH LEADERS DRIVING SOUTH AFRICA’S TRANSFORMATION

The Take A Seat Awards will return for its second year on 28 November 2025, recognising exceptional women and youth leaders whose work is reshaping South Africa’s leadership landscape. The awards ceremony will take place in Johannesburg, bringing together 60 leaders, executives, entrepreneurs and policymakers to honour individuals demonstrating purpose-driven leadership across seven categories. Now…

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CHINA’S CROSS-BORDER INTERBANK PAYMENT SYSTEM GOES LIVE WITH STANDARD BANK AS FIRST AFRICAN BANK TO OFFER SERVICE

Standard Bank, the biggest bank in Africa by assets, is the first authorised bank to offer transactions through China’s Cross-Border Interbank Payment System (CIPS). The bank was granted license to offer CIPS transactions in June at the Lujiazui Forum in Shanghai. The system has since gone live and was recently inaugurated at a ceremony held…

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UNDERSTANDING TRENDING SCAMS IN SOUTH AFRICA AND WHAT BANKS NEED TO DO TO REBUILD PUBLIC TRUST

By Bradley Elliott, CEO of Anti-Money Laundering (AML) platform RelyComply  Digital and mobile-first banking has changed our lives for the better, but it has exposed us to a range of increasingly complex financial crime threats. According to South Africa’s Banking Risk Information Centre (SABRIC), 65.3% of 2024’s reported incidents were related to digital banking, with losses exceeding R1.4…

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