The Please Call Me Millions: Who Paid? | ITWeb Tech Headlines 21 – 26 September 2026
These are the stories making headlines on ITWeb this week. An ITWeb investigation into the Please Call Me saga asks who paid for inventor Nkosana Makate's decade-long legal battle, with advocates potentially costing up to R145 000 a day, as Black Rock Mining's Errol Elsdon claims 40% of Makate's settlement with Vodacom.
SITA and the Digital Services Unit in the Presidency delve into the challenges and opportunities linked to digital sovereignty at GovTech 2026.
AI, coupled with recent diplomatic tensions, highlights the importance of digital sovereignty, says Microsoft’s Siya Madyibi.
For Microsoft’s Didier Ongena, AI is a lot like electricity or the internet, and is set to have a profound impact on society.
The challenge with agentic AI is no longer choosing a model and building agents, but the complexity of managing the infrastructure to run thousands of agents securely.
Supplier failure is a governance issue, not just an IT risk.
Cloud innovation is no longer about chasing trends; it is about building an adaptable foundation that absorbs change without disruption, says Helen Kruger, MD at Troye.
As tech superpowers redraw the borders of a new digital empire, South Africans risk becoming digital tenants in their own land.
The VMware Sovereign Cloud initiative will give governments freedom and control in a multicloud world.