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South Africa’s biggest online retailer has fallen over under the pressure of shoppers looking for Black Friday deals. Both Takealot.com’s website and mobile app were down on Friday morning, with customers reporting

Gauteng is challenging Cape Town as the epicentre of the technology start-up scene in South Africa, according to new research. There has also been a jump in the number black entrepreneurs, though they are not as

The SABC wants DStv parent MultiChoice to pay to carry its channels on its pay-television platform. Until now, the Naspers-owned broadcaster has been able to offer the channels free of charge in terms

JSE-listed technology services group Adapt IT is acquiring CDR Live for R42.8m in cash in a deal that will expand its footprint in South Africa and Australia and give it a toehold into the US market

Cabinet last Friday approved the Electronic Communications Amendment Bill, which, if enacted, will see sweeping changes to legislation governing South Africa’s ICT sector that will force through the creation of a

Massmart-owned retailer Makro has acquired a majority stake in delivery start-up WumDrop. With the acquisition, the company said it plans to shrink the window between a customer order from three

Smartphones sales in South Africa jumped by 28% year on year in the third quarter to reach three million units, while basic phone sales were up 6% to 1.6m units, according to tracking data from

Engineering, electronics and technology group Reunert has thumbed its nose at the weak South African economic climate, hiking its dividend by 8.6% to R3.54/share (before withholding

National treasury should investigate the conduct of officials at the welfare agency and the social development department for possible prosecution, according to a panel appointed by the constitutional

Telkom is adding the DStv Now app to its LIT TVB-100 Android-powered set-top box, DStv parent MultiChoice said in an e-mailed statement on Tuesday. The telecommunications operator’s LIT video