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Computer programmers who work for digital advertising agencies earn, on average, 26% less than their counterparts in the ICT sector, according to a survey. Non-profit organisation, the Interactive Advertising Bureau of South Africa

Naspers increased the compensation of CEO Bob van Dijk by 5% as the company prepares to further boost its international Internet business in the face of falling pay-television customers in sub-Saharan Africa. Van Dijk was paid US$1,67m

South Africa’s economy is in a low-growth trap and the central bank is unable to assist its recovery, according to governor Lesetja Kganyago. “We are concerned about what has been happening with the growth outlook,” Kganyago

First National Bank says it has fixed a connectivity issue that impacted its services on Sunday. Clients of FNB on Sunday turned to social media to complain of an outage that affected banking and even mobile phone services. Several customers

First National Bank clients on Sunday reported being unable to use their bank cards at the point of sale or at ATMs as a major outage hit the financial services institution. Users turned to social media to share their frustration

South Africa’s economy needs to start expanding, and by a much higher rate, if it hopes to make any dent in poverty, says local economist Dawie Roodt. Projections for South Africa’s economy have gone from bad to worse with the South

One of the SABC 8, Vuyo Mvoko, will be approaching the high court to put him back on the air after the broadcaster terminated its contract with him. Mvoko said his lawyers were filing the papers on Friday morning. The application

Eskom’s shock decision not to enter into further power purchase agreements beyond the department of energy’s bid round 4.5 is in line with its earlier stance towards the renewable energy procurement programme and might impact investors, Ashburton

The ANC is trailing the main opposition party in three key cities including Pretoria, the capital, and Johannesburg, before municipal elections on 3 August, the latest eNCA public opinion survey shows. ANC support slumped by two points to