Author: Akhram Mohamed

At Huawei’s Code4Mzansi finals, South African developers proved local AI innovation hits differently when it’s built for local realities.

There’s no point pretending otherwise. The first thing you notice about the HONOR 600 Pro isn’t the AI features, the camera system, or even the massive battery. It’s the fact that this phone looks very familiar. Pick it up for the first time and the comparisons to Apple’s iPhone lineup hit almost immediately. They’ve even opted for an orange colourway. It has a camera bump reminiscent of the iPhones camera “plateau”, flat edges with a polished frame and ultra-thin bezels. The overall silhouette sort of screams Apple. HONOR clearly knows exactly what aesthetic it’s chasing here, and it works if you dont…

I was just trying to be a productive entrepreneur, managing some admin for one of my companies, when Safari decided to pull the handbrake and scream, “This Connection Is Not Private.” That is a hell of a greeting when you’re trying to navigate a government-linked business platform. The site in question is BizPortal, the digital bridge to the CIPC. When a browser tells you a site “may be impersonating bizportal.gov.za” and warns you against touching it with a ten-foot pole, your gut sinks. This is where we handle company registrations, director changes, and sensitive compliance data, so naturally it’s the…

Is the Vezopay payment ring worth it? We unpack its practicality and the debate around its necessity in modern payments.

Introducing: The Diary Of A Recovering Suit This is the first installment in a regular series documenting the shift, the spin, and the soul of the smartphone industry—viewed through the lens of two decades in the tech industry and a newfound life on the other side of the stage. For many years, I was the executive in the spotlight, often peddling the corporate narrative with a practiced smile. It’s a background that gives me a superpower most tech journalists don’t have: I can spot the marketing B.S. before the presenter even clicks the first slide. I know how the boerewors…

The thing about Elon Musk and Sam Altman is that they both speak the language of “saving the world,” but they pronounce the words differently. In a U.S courtroom this week, that linguistic gap turned into a full-scale forensic excavation of a friendship gone sour. As Musk took the stand, one can only imagine the clinical air of the room felt heavy with the specific kind of resentment that only exists between two people who once shared a bunk bed in the metaphorical house of the future. He wasn’t just there to argue about contract law; he was there to…

The South African smartphone market is a high stakes theatre, where brands fight for relevance with the intensity of a political campaign and HONOR has spent most of the last 2 years on a calculated and relentless offensive. When I first got my hands on the HONOR 600 Lite a week ago, the reaction was immediate and instinctive. It felt, for the lack of a better word, “proper”. Not just good for the price or impressive for a Lite model, but genuinely refined in a way that suggested HONOR had figured something out. But first impressions are often just curated…

Sony is preparing to roll out age verification across PlayStation globally. Not just in one market but everywhere. So far it’s hit the UK and Ireland. And the implication is simple. No verification, then no voice chat or messaging. You can still play games, but you lose your voice. This is what regulation looks like in real life Sony will say this is about safety, to protect younger users and create safer online environments. While that may be true. It’s also incomplete. The real driver is pressure from governments, particularly in the UK and Europe, that are forcing platforms to…

Let’s not overcomplicate this and just call it what it is. Meta owns WhatsApp, and Meta likes money. That’s the whole story and everything else is just packaging. Now the company is testing a premium tier called WhatsApp Plus. It doesn’t change how WhatsApp works, It changes how it looks. Think custom themes, extra pins, fancy icons and exclusive stickers. In other words, just vibes. You won’t be paying for utility. You’ll be paying for a slightly prettier version of the same conversation you were already having. This is not innovation. It’s monetization discipline. For years, WhatsApp was the holdout.…

HONOR doesn’t seem to be slowing down in 2026. With the launch of the HONOR 600 Lite in South Africa, the brand is setting the tone for its new 600 series lineup, with the standard 600 and 600 Pro waiting in the wings. They’ve just launched the flagship Magic 8 Pro and barely 2 months ago we reviewed another mid ranger in the HONOR X9d. But this is the opening act of HONOR’s latest number series, and first impressions matter. Design & Build: This Feels Really Good for the Price Let’s start with what immediately stands out. This phone feels…