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The SABC on Tuesday morning fired Busisiwe Ntuli, a specialist producer for the investigative programme Special Assignment, and Lukhanyo Calata, a SABC journalist in Cape Town. Calata is the son of

Banking group Absa has launched MasterCard’s MasterPass smartphone application in South Africa, allowing customers to use their mobile phones to make payments at the point of sale and on the Internet

our of the SABC journalists who were suspended or faced disciplinary hearings were fired on Monday, possibly because they approached the labour court, their lawyer said. “We will argue [in the court] on

SABC chief operating officer Hlaudi Motsoeneng allegedly told reporters at a June workshop that they could question anyone in their coverage, except President Jacob Zuma, according to court papers. Eight journalists, dubbed the “SABC 8”, filed an

Traffic police in Cape Town continue to impound cars connected to Internet ride sharing service Uber at record rates, despite attempts to legalise the service in the city. Data from the City of Cape Town reveals that 302 Uber cars were impounded

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