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Internet ride-sharing service Uber will decide on 6 June if it will keep its winter price cuts or hike fares again. Last month, the company cut UberX fares by up to 20% in Johannesburg, Pretoria, Cape Town and Durban to try boost demand during the quieter
Internet ride-sharing service Uber says it doesn’t expect its cash-payment option to spark further clashes with local metered taxi drivers. On Thursday, Uber started accepting cash
MTN interim executive chairman Phuthuma Nhleko has defended the R23,7m golden handshake given to former CEO Sifiso Dabengwa, who resigned in November 2015 following a US$5,2bn fine
Eskom is progressing well with the maintenance of its power generation plant, it said on Wednesday, adding that no load shedding has been implemented for over nine months. Energy availability is continuing to improve and now
MTN Group said on Wednesday that it will appoint a new CEO by the end of June “at the latest”. In a note to shareholders ahead of the group’s AGM, MTN said the search for a new CEO was “well under way”. Former MTN CEO Phuthuma Nhleko
MPs and ministers paid tribute to the late Dene Smuts on Tuesday. The former DA MP, known for being the first female whip in the national assembly, died last month. Smuts, who was a former shadow minister of communications, served in parliament
Windows now has less than 1% of the worldwide smartphone market, according to new research, again calling into question whether the Microsoft platform can survive – and whether it matters if it doesn’t. According to new research
Gauteng roads & transport MEC Ismail Vadi has spoken out against a group of metered taxi drivers who assaulted him last week Monday during the department’s announcement that it would be licensing Uber operators. “I want to make it absolutely
Diversified electronics, electrical and technology group Reunert has hiked its interim gross cash dividend by 7,6% to R1,13/share after reporting a year-on-year improvement in its results for the six months ended 31 March 2016. The group, which owns
eMedia Holdings, the parent company of free-to-air broadcaster e.tv and 24-hour news channel eNCA, among other media assets, has warned that its profits will nosedive in the year ended 31 March 2016. The group – formerly known as Seardel
