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.
The company appoints new AI, tech and product chiefs as it seeks to speed up AI development across its global ecosystem.
Portfolio committee chairperson Khusela Sangoni-Diko counters the narrative that governance slows technological progress.
The organisations that will lead in AI will be those that identify their power law use cases fastest − and scale them before their competitors do.
With record revenue, a profitable AI ecosystem and a Takealot milestone, Naspers says it is just getting started.
The company completes its transformation into an AI-driven lifestyle ecosystem operator, and all units are now profitable.
The company appoints computer engineer Arnold Goldberg as an independent non-executive director.
The Naspers unit expects $7.3 billion revenue in FY26, with full ecosystem profitability driving the FY27 execution strategy.
Prosus sells a 4.5% stake in its German delivery platform to Uber, as it fulfils EU conditions tied to its Just Eat Takeaway acquisition.
Investors’ caution over hyperscalers’ AI spending weighs on Tencent, even as analysts point to its embedded ecosystem as a fundamental differentiator.
MultiChoice’s new owner deploys AI to generate previously impossible scenes and cut costs, as the industry debates AI’s role.
The Naspers-owned firm deploys autonomous agents across its ecosystem, as it aims to become an AI-first e-commerce company.
Karooooo CEO Zak Calisto scored the most in 2025, making R1.27 billion just by trading shares.