Author: Staff Reporter

Spending on IT at Absa parent Barclays Africa Group spiked by 17% to reach R7,4bn in the 2016 financial year ended 31 December, accounting for 19% of group costs. And the figure looks set to rise further still. Barclays Africa Group said on

Uber has reached an agreement with several security response services to improve safety and security for driver-partners in South Africa. “The new partnerships will see security and medical services dispatched in

Government budgets across the world are often delivered with some fanfare. South Africa is no exception. In February every year, South Africa’s minister of finance presents his budget speech to parliament amid national excitement. As the

The Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse, long a thorn in the side of roads agency Sanral over the tolling of Gauteng roads, has now set its sights on Eskom, lodging a complaint with the Competition Commission seeking the state-owned power

Online spending in South Africa is expected to reach R53bn by next year, from R37,1bn in the past 12 months, according to new research commissioned by PayPal and conducted by Ipsos. It’s the third time the companies have done the research

Communications regulator Icasa has deferred a planned auction of high-demand spectrum indefinitely. In a notice published in the Government Gazette, Icasa said it is deferring the timeframe for the award process “until further notice”. The move is

MultiChoice is hiking the prices of its main DStv bouquets. However, most of the increases this year are relatively modest compared to last year’s adjustments. The 2017 increases are mostly below the

The general public can apply for .africa domain names from 4 July. This follows the delegation by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers of the top-level domain to the ZA Central Registry

More than half of South African business leaders believe that the next wave of technology disruption will come from outside the traditional IT department. New research by specialist market research

Naspers-owned video-on-demand platform ShowMax has made its debut in a European country, launching services in Poland on Wednesday. The Warsaw-based team responsible for the expansion is led