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Eskom took credit for accelerating the number of households connected to the electricity supply, after Statistics South Africa revealed on Thursday that levels increased “consistently from 77,1% in 2002 to 85,5% in 2015”. This came as Stats

South African employment start-up Giraffe launched operations in Cape Town and Durban on Thursday following its initial Gauteng launch. Since launch, the mobile platform

An argument broke out between an Uber and metered taxi driver, resulting in one of them pointing a firearm at the other near King Shaka International Airport, police said on Thursday. The two became involved in an argument at a Sasol petrol

Demand for cryptocurrency bitcoin has soared in the past week, with prices surging just over 20% on South African-linked exchange BitX. The price of a bitcoin on BitX has risen from R7 443 at 2pm on 26 May to R8 998 at 10am on

The first-ever studio recording of the new motoring show from former BBC Top Gear presenters Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May will take place in South Africa. The new

South African companies have been slow to adopt new Internet protocols that could undermine efforts to secure online transactions and grow the internet, says an industry insider. “While

South Africans are unwittingly downloading thousands of malicious programs designed to steal financial information, a security company has warned. Trend Micro has reported that the malware

Telkom has announced it will be the exclusive telecommunications sponsor of South Africa’s Olympic and Paralympics teams. The company has not disclosed the value of the “multimillion-rand”

In a strong vote of confidence in South Africa, the International Association of Financial Executives Institutes on Wednesday announced it will host its 46th World Congress of

Former Altech CEO and Altron TMT group executive Craig Venter was given a R15m “separation payment” when he left the technology group last year, despite poor performance by several of