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The following is the full and unedited text of a statement issued by finance minister Pravin Gordhan, in which he explains how he has answered a set of questions from the Hawks regarding the establishment of a so-called “rogue” unit at the South African
PC shipments in Africa and the Middle East fell by 28,7% year on year in the fourth quarter of 2015, the steepest ever recorded in the region for a single quarter, technology research and consulting firm International Data Corp said on Tuesday
Dimension Data sister company, NTT Data, is acquiring the IT services subsidiary of American technology giant Dell for US$3,1bn, or about R48bn at the current exchange rate. Dell is selling Dell Services – the former Perot Systems, which it bought
MTN on Thursday advised shareholders not to make decisions based on press reports after the telecommunications group’s shares were knocked down by more than 10% on speculation that its fine in Nigeria could be hiked to R240bn. The shares were also knocked
Cell C’s empowerment partner CellSAf, which holds a quarter of the mobile operator’s equity, has decided to challenge a multibillion-rand restructuring…
MTN and Cell C have emerged as the mobile networks that offer the best smartphone deals to consumers. This is according to the latest quarterly “Perfect Package Tracker” released by Tariffic, the company that analyses the network operators’ tariffs and deals
A new joint venture between Swiss-owned Ringier Africa and South African-based Silvertree Internet Holdings is acquiring Nigerian e-commerce platform DealDey for an undisclosed sum. News of the acquisition comes three months after Sivertree Capital
Uber has established a presence in Mombasa in Kenya and Abuja in Nigeria, with the two cities becoming the 399th and 400th cities in which the Internet ride-hailing service has been launched. Uber, which is already available in a number of South African cities
Using the latest mobile broadband technology, Vodacom has achieved real-world mobile broadband speeds of in excess of 170Mbit/s. The speeds were achieved in Llandudno, near Cape Town, but the operator has warned that users in the rest of the country
In a statement issued on Monday, roads agency Sanral said road users who have “persistently refused to settle their e-toll debt may receive civil summonses” from the agency over the next few days. It stated that
