Naspers, through its Foundry start-up investment business, said on Wednesday that it is investing R34-million in Ctrl, a digital short-term insurance marketplace that connects consumers, brokers and insurers.
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Pfizer and BioNTech have struck a deal for South Africa’s Biovac Institute to help manufacture around 100 million doses a year of their Covid-19 vaccine for the African Union.
Boyce Maneli, who chairs parliament’s portfolio committee on communications, has called for nominations for suitably qualified people to fill four vacancies at the council of Icasa.
The University of Cape Town is launching an “online high school”, offering a free online curriculum to anyone with an Internet connection.
Telkom now has an own-branded music streaming service after reaching an agreement with Joox, owned by China’s Tencent, to launch the offering.
A week of deadly riots could cost South Africa about R50-billion in lost output, while 150 000 jobs have been placed at risk, the presidency said.
Apple will not introduce an updated version of its smaller iPhone mini smartphone next year, after it failed to become popular among consumers, Nikkei reported on Wednesday.
Expectations are again being created that a final decision on the future of e-tolls on the Gauteng Freeway Improvement Project is imminent. We’ve been here before.
Eskom has asked South Africans to cut back on their use of electricity as the South African Weather Service forecasts of the arrival of a powerful winter weather system this week.
Naspers-controlled consumer Internet investment group Prosus is leading an R18.2-billion funding round in Indian food-delivery giant Swiggy. Japan’s SoftBank Group is a co-investor in the round.