Last week, the Financial Services Board granted the fourth new stock exchange licence issued in the past two years. The licence was awarded to Equity Express Securities Exchange, and follows those given to ZAR X
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Dear Mr Dimon, a few days ago, you called bitcoin and cryptocurrencies a “fraud”. You said bitcoin is “not a real thing” and that governments “would close it down”. I understand your perspective and, in fact, I shared a similar view
If you’re an actor or producer in Hollywood, it’s hard to miss the flag Netflix has planted in Tinseltown. Its new 14-storey tower is visible for kilometres in sprawling Los Angeles, topped by the company’s red logo. The smell of popcorn
On Wednesday, the Right2Know Campaign will appear before parliament’s justice committee to spell out why the new Cybercrimes and Cybersecurity…
I know what many of you are thinking: there is no way you’ll pay US$1 000 (R13 000 before import duties and other taxes) or more for an iPhone. Let’s revisit this thought in six months after you’ve sashayed out of your local phone
Naspers is an extraordinary company. In September 1994, it listed on the JSE at R19/share. Last month, it traded at…
On Tuesday, Apple CEO Tim Cook will take the stage for the first time in the Steve Jobs Theatre at its new campus. The location represents a new chapter for the world’s most valuable technology
If you believe the optimists, self-driving cars will dominate our roads within a couple decades. This will reduce or even eliminate such human-created ills as traffic jams and fatal accidents. I’m not so
The secret to switching the global energy system entirely to renewables may lie in the universe’s most abundant substance. Hydrogen has drawn backing from big energy companies from Royal Dutch Shell to Uniper in addition to
Could bitcoin be the next gold? The idea has a lot of intuitive appeal. Gold bugs and bitcoin fetishists tend to share a deep distrust of fiat currency and the nation state, an impregnable bullishness about their favoured asset class