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Standard Bank will be mostly offline this Sunday evening from 10pm as the bank works on its systems, it said on Friday. While customers will be able to make cash withdrawals at ATMs or

MTN says it has taken the Communication Workers Union (CWU) to the Johannesburg labour court for allegedly blocking entrances to the company’s offices and intimidating staff. MTN South Africa’s chief

MTN South Africa has shut down its e-billing portal until security concerns have been addressed, the mobile operator said on Friday. “This has been implemented with immediate effect and customers will receive their bills via e-mail

Six “mathletes” from South Africa will be vying for gold at this year’s International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO), to be held in Thailand in July. Held in Chiang from 4 to 16 July, they will compete with entrants from over 100 countries in the

MultiChoice is extending the footprint of the South African public broadcaster’s 24-hour TV news channel, SABC News, on its DStv satellite pay-TV platform to the rest of the continent. There’s been

Local mobile operators’ claims that rising input costs are fuelling contract price hikes are not reflected in these companies’ financial statements, says a research body. Research ICT Africa has put together a research brief that asks whether

Low pay, insufficient weekend remuneration and a lack of transport money are key reasons for why MTN staff say they have gone on strike this week. On Wednesday, hundreds of MTN staff from the company’s call centres and service

The growth of smartphones in South Africa is revolutionising e-commerce, but marketing bosses have yet to accept that it’s not only wealthy people who now have the gadgets. “Most marketers understand that their customers in the higher

Lack of proper security in MTN’s e-billing platform means anyone can randomly access the confidential details of the operator’s customers, including their itemised billing information. The

Automattic, the company behind WordPress.com, has acquired South African-founded WordPress theme development and e-commerce enablement businesses WooThemes and WooCommerce. The deal is all about WooCommerce – a popular plug-on for