The constitutional court ordered South Africa’s welfare agency to extend Net1 UEPS Technologies’ contract to distribute grants to the poorest third of the nation’s people for a year to avoid a “potential catastrophe” and
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Net1’s social grant distribution subsidiary Cash Paymaster Services has unveiled the fee it proposes to receive under an extended contract to distribute social grants. This comes after it was instructed
Cape Town, the crown jewel of South Africa’s tourism industry, has 100 days before it runs out of water. After two years of the least rainfall on record, the average level of the six main dams that supply the city of 3,7m
One of the ANC discussion documents, published at the weekend ahead of the party’s national policy conference to be held from 30 June to 5 July 2017, has warned that efforts to license competition to DStv parent
President Jacob Zuma refused to take action against his welfare minister, saying there is no crisis in the nation’s social grants system even as the cabinet apologised for the “anxiety” caused
Samsung Electronics’ new Galaxy S8 will employ facial recognition technology for mobile payments within months of release, adding cutting-edge security to help the marquee device stand
Swatch Group said it’s developing an alternative to the iOS and Android operating systems for smartwatches as Switzerland’s largest maker of timepieces vies with Silicon Valley for control of
Net1’s social grant distribution subsidiary, Cash Paymaster Services, continues to be coy about the amount it would be remunerated under a new contract with the South African Social Security Agency, telling the constitutional
Cell C is interested in reaching a deal soon to allow its customers to roam not only on Vodacom’s 2G and 3G networks – as they do now when they are outside the bigger towns and metropolitan areas
Google is scaling up investment in Africa by laying fibre-optic cable, easing access to cheaper Android phones and training a workforce in digital skills as the US technology giant seeks to expand on the continent. “We laid about 1 000km of fibre in Uganda and we are busy