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AI for business

Using AI safely and usefully in a South African business, with POPIA in mind.

• AI for SA business AI for South African business: the practical 2026 guide What AI does for a South African business in 2026, in plain language and rand: where to start, what the tools cost, POPIA and SARS rules, and AI search.
• AI for SA business AI and POPIA: is your data safe with AI tools? AI and POPIA in plain words for South African businesses in 2026: what the law requires, where AI tools put customer data at risk, and how to stay safe.
• AI for SA business AI customer service during load shedding and power cuts Load-shedding has been off since May 2025, but local power cuts still happen. How cloud AI keeps your customer service running on WhatsApp through any outage.
• AI for SA business AI customer service on WhatsApp for South African business How AI customer service on WhatsApp works for a South African business in 2026: what it does, Meta's new per-message fees from 1 October, AI rules and POPIA.
• AI for SA business AI for bookkeeping and VAT in South Africa: what it can do AI for bookkeeping in South Africa: what Xero, Sage, QuickBooks, Zoho Books and Dext automate, the new R2.3 million VAT threshold, and who owns the VAT201.
• AI for SA business Can you put customer data into ChatGPT in South Africa? Can you put customer data into ChatGPT in South Africa? What POPIA and section 72 require, how each ChatGPT plan treats your data, and the safe ways to use it.
• AI for SA business ChatGPT vs Gemini vs Perplexity for a South African business ChatGPT vs Gemini vs Perplexity for a South African business in 2026: rand prices from R104.99, free plans, team plans, data use and which one to pick.
• AI for SA business How to anonymise data before using AI (POPIA-safe, step by step) How to anonymise data before using AI in South Africa: the POPIA-safe steps to strip identifiers, generalise quasi-identifiers and check re-identification risk.
• AI for SA business How to write content that AI engines will cite How to write content that ChatGPT, Google AI Mode and Perplexity will cite in 2026: answer-first pages, named sources, crawler access and common mistakes.
• AI for SA business Is it legal to use AI for SARS and tax data in South Africa? Is it legal to use AI for SARS and tax data in South Africa? What POPIA, the Tax Administration Act and practitioner codes require, and the safe way to do it.
• AI for SA business Overhyped AI for small business in South Africa: what to skip Overhyped AI for a small business in South Africa in 2026: what wastes money, what is worth paying for from R104.99 a month, and a one-week test before you pay.
• AI for SA business POPIA-compliant AI tools for South African business POPIA-compliant AI tools in South Africa: what to demand from a vendor, how ChatGPT, Copilot, Gemini and Claude business plans treat data, and how to vet one.