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Cell C is moving to address growing political, regulatory and consumer pressure on the industry over the expiry of data and high out-of-bundle data prices by slashing prices and relaxing expiry rules. The mobile operator, South Africa’s

Telkom’s IT services business, BCX (formerly Business Connexion), has invested R50m in a new data science training academy, which plans to create 300 year-long internships over the next three years. The

Altron said on Wednesday that it expects interim headline earnings per share for the six months ended 31 August 2017 to be between 16% and 36% higher as a turnaround at the JSE-listed

Apple has unveiled its most important new iPhone for years to take on growing competition from Samsung Electronics, Google and a host of Chinese smartphone makers. CEO Tim Cook showed

Bell Pottinger, the UK PR firm founded by an adviser to Margaret Thatcher and slammed for stoking racial tensions in South Africa, has filed for administration. Bell Pottinger named financial

The big daddy of streaming music services finally looks set to launch in South Africa. The company has placed a job advertisement for a senior editor and music programmer for the local market. The ad, which

Naspers is making its video streaming service Showmax available as a free value-added service to DStv Premium subscribers. An update to the DStv Now app, released on Monday, said Showmax

The JSE’s AltX is set to get a new technology listing. 4Sight Holdings, which recently acquired Digitata Mauritius for an undisclosed sum, will head to the AltX in October, the company said. The holding company

Alviva Holdings (formerly Pinnacle Holdings) has acquired two companies, one an infrastructure management firm and the other of a developer electric-car charging point software. The first acquisition