If Africa’s tech-savvy youth are given their basic needs, it will enable them to change the future, according to Microsoft founder and billionaire philanthropist Bill Gates. Gates was delivering the 14th
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SoftBank Group has agreed to buy ARM Holdings for £24,3bn (US$32bn; R460bn), securing a slice of virtually every mobile computing gadget on the planet and future connected devices in the home. The Japanese company is offering £17/share in cash
There is a moderately high (40%) chance of an interest rate hike by the Monetary Policy Committee of the South African Reserve Bank next week, said Peter Attard Montalto, emerging markets economist at Nomura. But in general, he sees
Had enough of the constant stream of text messages and calls from the Democratic Alliance as the 3 August municipal elections approach? The party has now provided details of how to unsubscribe yourself from its barrage of communication, and insisted that it
Black professionals still earn significantly less than their white counterparts, according to research done by Analytico, a company that analyses earnings data in the private sector. Analytico looked at a sample of 65 628 individuals who work
Eight SABC journalists who filed an urgent application to the constitutional court to have their charges declared unlawful, have said their positions at the broadcaster have become “simply intolerable”. The journalists, dubbed the
A woman was kidnapped and raped after getting into what she thought was an Uber taxi in Fourways, Gauteng police said on Friday. A case of rape, kidnapping and robbery had been opened, Captain Mavela Masondo said. He said he could not
Operators will have to stump up at least R3bn each for access to spectrum to provide next-generation 4G/LTE services, according to an invitation to apply issued by communications regulator Icasa on Friday
In an unexpected early move, communications regulator Icasa has issued an invitation for interested telecommunications operators to apply for access to so-called high-demand spectrum bands. Icasa had
Oakbay Resources & Energy, the company controlled by the Gupta family, may have its listing suspended by the JSE, the latest setback to the business interests of the friends of South African