These are the top stories making headlines on ITWeb this week: Incoming National Lottery operator Sizekhaya is preparing a major digital transformation of South Africa’s lottery ecosystem through new technology partnerships and an omni-channel gaming platform ahead of officially taking over the fourth National Lottery and Sports Pools licence on 1 June. Meanwhile, 1-Grid suffered a large-scale distributed denial-of-service attack that disrupted services across its web hosting platform. In connectivity news, Fibertime says it aims to reach one million homes by mid-2027 after rapidly expanding from 10 000 to 420 000 homes across 13 cities and seven provinces. In academia and innovation, Vukosi Marivate from the University of Pretoria was honoured with the Order of Mapungubwe in silver at the 2026 National Orders for his contributions to AI, computer science and natural language processing. Finally, Google has opened registrations for its 2026 Hustle Academy programme to help entrepreneurs and students across So
Published on 23 May 2026
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