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Technology group EOH has continued to defy weak economic conditions, posting a robust set of results for the year ended 31 July 2016. Headline earnings per share rose by a quarter to R7,19 on the back of a 31% improvement in

Samsung Electronics will push out a software update for Korea that caps the capacity of Galaxy Note7 smartphone batteries at 60%, a stop-gap measure to prevent overheating as the device’s global recall proceeds. The unusual move, announced

Tuesday’s launch of an online reality television show called #BreakTheNet is just the start of a big push by Cell C into the media business. The mobile operator’s executive head of marketing, Doug Mattheus

MTN Group, Africa’s largest mobile phone operator by sales, said it entered three loan agreements, raising more than US$1,3bn as the company markets a potential bond sale. The company is being

President Jacob Zuma downplayed tensions between his office and the national treasury, saying perceptions they were at war are unfounded. “There is no war between the presidency and the treasury

Mobile operator Cell C has made its first foray into the content space, launching an online reality show tagged #BreakTheNet, or #BTN, in partnership with Bl!nk Pictures. Cell C said the show, which is focused

Deputy finance minister Mcebisi Jonas is “worried” about the impact of a perception that state institutions are being used to advance political agendas, saying the issue is a distraction to efforts to expand the economy. “Political behaviour does

The case against two men accused of attacking three people during Uber rides was provisionally withdrawn and the suspects released on Monday evening, police confirmed. “The case against the two suspects was provisionally withdrawn

South African mobile payments start-up iKhokha and Mastercard have agreed to work together to boost payment card acceptance at micro, small and medium enterprises in informal settlements. In the next six months, iKhokha aims to roll

The former Uber driver accused of several robberies and rapes in Johannesburg had no prior criminal record, the online transportation company said on Monday. He had cleared all their background checks before being