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Advice for Business Owners Seeking to Hire a Marketing Company

Employing the services of a company that specializes in marketing and advertising from the outside can help your company reach new heights; however, you must be careful when selecting a business partner.…

By xml.co.za 6 January 2023 6 min read

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South African Tech

What if digital sovereignty isn't about where servers sit?

By xml.co.za 5 September 2026 5 min read

South Africa's CSIR developed Sebowa to give government true control over sensitive data, allowing it to choose suppliers and avoid dependency. It's a new era for local cloud strategy.

South African Tech

Your old tax strategy is dead — SARS is watching your transactions now.

By xml.co.za 28 August 2026 3 min read

The revenue service's new VAT Modernisation program uses AI and real-time data to flag mismatches. Learn how to adapt your accounting before it's too late.

South African Tech

Why Google chose Eastern Cape for its new African digital hub

By xml.co.za 25 August 2026 4 min read

Google's first African Digital Exchange Port is set for the Eastern Cape, but the real challenge is whether the region can build the necessary infrastructure to truly benefit.

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?