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First National Bank has launched its Virtual Card offering to all customers after a period of beta testing. The bank believes this will make both online and physical payments significantly safer and more convenient.

South African retail sales fell more than expected in November, despite deeper Black Friday discounts and month-long promotions, pointing to lingering weakness in the economy

The biggest labour group at Eskom blamed “poor leadership” for ongoing nationwide power cuts, a discordant sign as the utility embarks on a plan to become profitable again.

Apple’s first crack at a headset is designed to be a pricey, niche precursor to a more ambitious augmented reality product that will take longer to develop, according to people with knowledge of the matter.

Bitcoin slumped 10% on Thursday to a 10-day low of $31 977 as the world’s most popular cryptocurrency continued to retreat from the $42 000 record high hit on 8 January.

Government, lauded for its swift lockdown in March to curb the spread of the coronavirus, is now being pilloried for being slow off the mark to secure vaccines.

Cape Town-founded agritech start-up Aerobotics has raised $17-million in a series-B funding round led by Naspers.

Eswatini – formerly Swaziland – has become the first, and possibly last, country in Africa to sign a pledge to join the outgoing Trump administration’s anti-China “Clean Network” programme.

The supreme court of appeal has thrown out MTN South Africa’s appeal against a judgment ordering it to pay R11.4-million in damages, plus interest, to a dealer whose business was shut down in 2011.

Two giant radio galaxies have been discovered with South Africa’s powerful MeerKAT telescope, located in the Karoo.