Author: Duncan McLeod

A passion among friends for betting on sports events has led to the creation of a new South African start-up that’s wagering that the future of betting lies in peer-to-peer technology.

Keabetswe Modimoeng, who stepped down last week from Icasa, said councillors should be appointed for a period of seven years, not the current four.

MTN Group has entered into discussions to acquire Telkom. The talks are at an early stage, the parties said, and might not result in a deal.

Keabetswe Modimoeng said MTN Group’s proposed acquisition of rival Telkom should be considered seriously by regulators.

Mteto Nyati, a former CEO of MTN South Africa and until recently group CEO of Altron, has joined the board of Telkom.

Google said it will “work constructively” with the Competition Commission after the regulator proposed a raft of regulations that cut to the heart of its business model.

The Competition Commission has proposed imposing radical changes to Google’s search results in South Africa that go to the heart of the US Internet giant’s business model.

A new venture is hoping to capitalise on South Africans’ load shedding misery by helping homeowners go solar, without the upfront costs.

Eskom will make 300 square kilometres of additional land available across various provinces to independent power producers in a bid to end load shedding.

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