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Electronic payments company Net1 UEPS Technologies faces the prospect of hanging onto South Africa’s R10bn social grants tender until 2017. This is after the state-owned South African Social Security Agency (Sassa) dismissed three new bids for the contract. In April 2014, the

The City of Cape Town is taking a cautious approach to rolling out its Wi-Fi infrastructure, despite political will to expand public access to the Internet. “There are too many examples of public Wi-Fi initiatives by other cities which have failed after the initial emporia of the launch is forgotten and the ongoing

In an effort to reduce fatal truck ­collisions in the province, the KwaZulu-Natal department of transport has launched a three-dimensional truck simulator — a first for South Africa. The mobile simulator, constructed in a caravan, is part of a

The argument for the use of police body cameras is gaining momentum in South Africa, amid growing demand for greater police accountability, especially in the wake of the Marikana massacre. The cameras are typically worn on the chests of police officers. Their use is becoming

The Democratic Alliance has asked the high court to make cost awards against SABC chief operating officer Hlaudi Motsoeneng personally for what the party has described as his “vexatious litigation”. Motsoeneng has filed for leave to appeal to the constitutional court. This is after a supreme court

A month into Eskom’s annual summer maintenance programme and there has been no sign of load shedding, but any major power plant breakdown will change that. South Africa has been spared load shedding for over 67 days, but Eskom still sends updates, warning people that the “system is constrained but stable today

Pinnacle Holdings has made a mandatory offer to buy the shares in IT services business Datacentrix that it doesn’t already own. The offer was triggered after Pinnacle acquired 20m Datacentrix

The SABC’s embattled chief operating officer Hlaudi Motsoeneng wants his upcoming disciplinary hearing broadcast live on television for all South Africans to see. The SABC has finally started disciplinary proceedings against its controversial and famously matricless

South Africa is set for increasing sharing between mobile networks as profitability pressures force compromise, according to the MTN South Africa CEO. Reduced profitability is pushing network

Eight South African leaders made the Choiseul 100 Africa index, which ranks young Africans who will play a major role in the development of Africa in the near future. The Institut Choiseul identified only eight South African leaders under the age of 40, in a list that includes growing business leaders, successful entrepreneurs