XML News and Views From Around South Africa

Designing a High-Performing Website with Search Engine Optimisation

It's important to keep in mind both humans visiting your site and search engines like Google when developing your site's structure. To be discovered by potential customers who are looking for your products…

By xml.co.za 28 February 2023 5 min read

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Technology

This quantum computer just crushed supercomputers by billions of years.

By xml.co.za 22 August 2026 4 min read

Chinese scientists built Jiuzhang, a photonic quantum computer that solved a specific problem in 4 minutes. This radical new approach uses light, not silicon, to redefine computing limits.

Market Shifts

This $32 million investment defied all logic. It paid off big.

By xml.co.za 15 August 2026 3 min read

Naspers' Koos Bekker saw potential in a cash-strapped Tencent, investing $32 million despite unprofitability. This bold move proved that trusting product judgment can lead to unprecedented returns.

South African Tech

South Africa's cloud boom: the surprising truth about local economic impact.

By xml.co.za 12 August 2026 4 min read

While billions flow into South Africa's cloud infrastructure, the local economic impact is largely in services and operations, not a new domestic hardware industry. What does this mean for the future?

South African Tech

Is Cape Town's new data centre approval a national grid crisis in disguise?

By xml.co.za 30 July 2026 4 min read

Equinix's plan for two massive facilities in Cape Town, drawing 170MW, has been approved despite major objections.

South African Tech

Limpopo’s Young Roboticists Show South Africa’s Tech Future

By xml.co.za 17 July 2026 4 min read

Limpopo school teams are going to Geneva for a global robotics challenge, building robots to solve food security issues.

Services

Loadit’s Flexible Logistics Model Exposes the Rigid Costs of Traditional SA

By xml.co.za 12 June 2026 6 min read

Loadit transforms South African logistics by offering on-demand moving and delivery, exposing the high costs of traditional fixed-fleet models with a more.