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Amazon.com is embracing artificial intelligence to deliver goods more quickly, enhance its voice-activated Alexa assistant and create new tools sold to others through its cloud computing division, CEO Jeff Bezos said in his annual

As South Africa faces its worst political crisis in a decade with thousands of protesters demanding President Jacob Zuma’s ouster, a key battle to determine who will succeed him is raging on his home turf. The eastern KwaZulu-Natal region

Bell Pottinger said it no longer represents a company controlled by South Africa’s Gupta family, who are friends with President Jacob Zuma, after social-media attacks against the UK-based public relations firm

Thousands of people rallied in South Africa’s capital to call for President Jacob Zuma to resign in the second major demonstration against him in less than a week. The rand strengthened. At least 10 000 people were

Volkswagen’s namesake brand will present the concept of a fully electric crossover model in Shanghai next week to challenge Tesla’s Model X as the German manufacturer gears up to roll out a new zero-emission

Uber Technologies CEO Travis Kalanick is struggling to hold onto his top lieutenants as the company faces an onslaught of scandals. Rachel Whetstone, who led policy and communications under Kalanick

The head of South Africa’s nuclear company has said a request for proposals to build reactors is expected to go out as early as June as five potential suppliers emerge as leading candidates. Companies from South

Toshiba warned on Tuesday about its ability to continue as going concern as it finally reported earnings for the third quarter, without getting auditor approval. The Japanese company had previously missed two

A week after President Jacob Zuma appeared to have weathered calls to resign, former leaders of the ANC are ratcheting up pressure on him to quit after his shock cabinet purge prompted two ratings agencies to downgrade the

Alan Du, a venture capitalist and World Series of Poker veteran, was in his fifth day of matching wits against his stone-cold opponent – and his losses were piling up. His rival was literally inhuman. That’s because Du went up