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Hot on the heels of its announcement that, with MTN, it will invest US$40m (about R650m) in African-focused online travel agency Travelstart, UK technology investor Amadeus Capital Partners has revealed another investment, this time in

Technology group EOH was trading higher shortly after the market opened in Johannesburg on Tuesday after notifying investors that both earnings per share and headline earnings per share will rise by between 20% and 30% for the six months

Finance minister Pravin Gordhan has been urged not to hike taxes and instead focus on cutting down on the size and cost of government, and privatise state-owned enterprises. Wayne Duvenage, who started Outa as a body to fight road

Technology firm Mustek has reported headline earnings from continuing operations of R54,6m for the six months to 31 December 2015, a slight decline from the R58,2m reported in the same period a year ago. This came on the back

Energy minister Tina Joemat-Pettersson found herself on the wrong side of the political spectrum on Tuesday after she recommended the nuclear programme fall under the independent power producer (IPP) office. The IPP office is a partnership

The Films and Publications Amendment Bill, which will be presented in parliament on Tuesday, could outlaw revenge pornography. Communications minister Faith Muthambi and the Film and

Five people convicted for cable theft were on Monday collectively sentenced to 140 years behind bars, Eskom has announced. The group was sentenced in the high court, sitting in Kroonstad. “The thefts occurred mainly in the Free

Instead of announcing tax hikes in his budget speech on Wednesday, finance minister Pravin Gordhan should seek to raise revenue through asset sales, including the sale of “non-strategic liquid assets” such as Telkom, the Democratic Alliance has said