Author: Agency Staff

US intelligence whistleblower Edward Snowden believes that citizens need to push institutions for a right to encryption when communicating. Snowden was speaking via live stream to an audience at a briefing on privacy rights

Peter Thiel is standing by Donald Trump, saying the Republican presidential candidate “gets the big things right” and that the US needs a political outsider to fix its systemic problems. The billionaire venture capitalist and Facebook board member

The rand rallied to below R13,60/US$ during National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) boss Shaun Abrahams’ lengthy speech ahead of his announcement that charges have been dropped against finance minister Pravin Gordhan and

Pravin Gordhan was detained three times as he worked to bring an end to apartheid in South Africa, enduring beatings and suffocation at the hands of the police. He revealed no secrets. Now Gordhan, in his second stint as finance minister, is demonstrating

South African prosecutors withdrew fraud charges against finance minister Pravin Gordhan, saying he didn’t intend to act unlawfully. The announcement on Monday by National Prosecuting Authority head Shaun Abrahams marked

Communications minister Faith Muthambi has fallen out with her deputy, Stella Ndabeni-Abrahams, it was reported on Sunday. Ndabeni-Abrahams, who was deputy minister of communications under both Dina Pule and Yunus Carrim before

Corruption, an arrogant leadership and faction fighting are tearing at the soul of the ANC, according to an internal report presented to the top leaders of the party after its worst-ever electoral performance. “The ANC is bleeding, with every Sunday full of headlines

Elon Musk showcased his ambitions to make Tesla Motors a clean-energy behemoth on Friday, unveiling a new “solar roof” product at Universal Studios in Los Angeles, California. As the sun set, Musk told hundreds of guests gathered in an outside

European Union privacy chiefs said Facebook must stop processing user data from its WhatsApp messaging service while they are investigating the privacy policy changes the company announced in August. The Article 29 Working Party