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First National Bank’s new First Business Zero Account, with no monthly fees, has made competitors sit up and take notice.

Vodacom Group eked out a 1.2% improvement in normalised operating profit for the six months ended 30 September 2019 on the back of 2.5% growth in both normalised revenue and service revenue.

France is weighing providing financial support to South Africa’s indebted utility Eskom, according to a newspaper report at the weekend.

Bitcoin’s push back below $9 000 has a key technical indicator suggesting the cryptocurrency risks entering a selling trend.

Scientists have invented a way to create fake rhino horn using horse hair, hoping it will provide a blueprint for flooding the market with credible fakes.

Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates says we would all be using Windows Mobile today instead of Android if an antitrust case had not been lodged against the software giant in the late 1990s.

The Presidential Commission on the fourth Industrial Revolution has presented President Cyril Ramaphosa with its draft diagnostic report on the country’s 4IR plan and opportunities available to harness it.

Google is pumping major investments into Africa, with its most noteworthy new ventures being the roll-out of free public Wi-Fi hotspots and a new high-speed undersea cable to boost Internet connectivity.

Google has launched its free public Wi-Fi hotspot programme, known as Google Station, in South Africa, the US-headquartered Internet company said at an event in Johannesburg on Thursday.

The power-supply situation in South Africa has taken a sudden turn for the worse, with Eskom said on Thursday evening saying it plans to implement overnight stage-2 load shedding from 10pm to 5am on Friday.