Lerato Mokoena is the Business and Technology Editor and covers the economy, the markets and the technology the country runs on, from the JSE to the grid to the networks in between.
Yoshua Bengio told AFP that AI agents can now get through cybersecurity barriers and enter any company, and that the world needs nuclear-style guardrails. Canada and Germany have just funded his safety lab with CAN$300 million. South Africa's national AI plan remains a draft.
Bullion closed at $4 283,54 an ounce after the Federal Reserve raised US rates by a quarter point and lifted its own end-2026 outlook to 4,1%. For South Africa the effect runs through the rand, the gold price and every borrowing decision that follows.
