For the first time in its 130-year history, De Beers will sell diamond jewellery made in a lab rather than underground over billions of years. The move is a historic shift for the world’s biggest diamond miner
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The Public Investment Corp is looking into how Africa’s biggest money manager decided to spend R4.3bn to back last year’s initial public offering of IT company Ayo Technology Solutions. The PIC, which manages
The University of Pretoria and MultiChoice South Africa have partnered to develop scarce artificial intelligence skills in South Africa, specifically in machine-learning technology. MultiChoice has sponsored a research
Telkom is giving serious thought to switching off its 2G network to focus on 3G and 4G/LTE – and later 5G – in the process freeing up spectrum for data-led mobile offerings. That’s the word from CEO Sipho Maseko, who was
BitCaw, a cryptocurrency specialist, is threatening the Hawks with a damages claim if the police agency doesn’t correct a statement it issued last week that it was involved in an investment fraud that affected more than
Attila Vitai, the CEO of consumer, mobile and small business at Telkom, quietly left the telecommunications operator at the end of March to return to the UK. He will be replaced in the role by former MTN South Africa
Telkom CEO Sipho Maseko said on Monday that it appears government has backtracked – at least for now – on a plan to sell a portion of its stake in the telecommunications operator, though he admitted anything
Net1 UEPS CEO Herman Kotzé has downplayed the cash crunch faced by its social grant-distributing subsidiary Cash Paymaster Services, yet fears are growing that nearly two million elderly and disabled beneficiaries might
The number of fixed lines in service at Telkom has continued to decline, falling by a sharp 9.3% in the 2018 financial year to just 2.68m at the end of March 2018, from 2.95m a year ago. That’s the lowest it’s been in decades
Telkom had a tough 2018 financial year, with group revenue flat compared to 2017 and headline earnings per share sinking by 18.4%. Mobile services were a highlight, while pressure on the fixed-line business and IT services