Absa has assured customers of the safety of its new ChatBanking platform that enables banking via social network Twitter. The Barclays-owned banking group launched the platform for customers who
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Internet ride-sharing app Uber is raising its South African fares back to their old rates just two months after the company initiated its winter price cuts. On 7 April this year, the smartphone app cut fares on its cheaper UberX option in
Do not replace public protector Thuli Madonsela with a lapdog, the Democratic Alliance has said. “Adv Madonsela, a fearless and non-partisan defender of the people of South Africa, has set the bar high in terms of what is expected of the woman
Protection against cyberattacks is becoming a growing challenge in the aviation industry, according to Tony Tyler, CEO of the International Air Transport Association. Experts estimate that cybersecurity breaches cost a total of
Electronic payments company Net1 UEPS Technologies has launched a court challenge of a government decision to limit direct deductions from social grants. Net1 division Cash Paymaster Services won a R10bn grants tender
S&P Global Ratings on Friday affirmed South Africa’s long- and short-term foreign and local currency bond ratings at BBB-/A-3 and BBB+/A-2 respectively. The foreign currency bond rating remains one notch above sub-investment
Young and older people display different behaviours that make them targets for cyber criminals who are intent on stealing money from their bank accounts, says an expert. While banks have increased security for online platforms, cyber
Operating conditions at South African private sector businesses improved for the first time in a year during May, mainly driven by a return to new order growth and renewed job creation. However, output continued to decline and companies
Airports Company South Africa spokeswoman Deidre Davids confirmed on Friday that an attempt to block access to Cape Town International Airport had taken place earlier during a reported clash between meter taxi drivers and
Roads agency Sanral spent R177m of taxpayer money on advertising in the 2015/2016 financial year, transport minister Dipuo Peters disclosed in response to a parliamentary question by Thembekile Majola of the Democratic Alliance. Sanral is currently appealing