Costly delays, growing complexity and new safety requirements in the wake of the triple meltdown at Fukushima are conspiring to thwart a new age of nuclear reactor construction. So-called generation III+ reactors were supposed to have simpler
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The South African Reserve Bank is open to issuing a national digital currency, which would likely be based on blockchain or distributed ledger technology. “If we go the route of issuing a digital currency, the objective would be to take
New allegations by President Jacob Zuma’s supporters that South Africa’s biggest banks are frustrating efforts to address racial inequality signal an escalation of a battle for control of the nation’s financial system, including the treasury. Protestors from the
Government is considering a one-year extension to a contract with Net1 UEPS Technologies to make welfare payments to 17,2m people even after legal battles with the company, according to a government official with knowledge of
MTN is boosting its economic interest in mobile phone tower operator IHS Group from 15% to 29%, the JSE-listed telecommunications group told shareholders on Wednesday. In a statement on the JSE’s stock exchange
The average price for voice and data paid by Vodacom customers in South Africa fell by 17,6% and 15,4% in the past year, the telecommunications group said in a regulatory filing on Wednesday. The declines happened because “significantly more
Vodacom added 1,6m active customers in the fourth quarter of 2016, taking its total to 65,2m, the JSE-listed telecommunications group said on Wednesday. In its latest quarterly filing, for the three months ended 31
Government’s national integrated ICT policy white paper, if implemented as it stands, will lead to the creation of an infrastructure monopoly that will ultimately harm both the industry and consumers. That’s the view of Dobek Pater
The CEO of Net1 UEPS Technologies said a failure to extend its contract to distribute South African welfare payments beyond the end of March would be a “national disaster”, and offered to sell the business to the government. While the South African Social
The minister of finance’s replying affidavit filed in court on Monday appears to comprehensively argue every point raised by the Oakbay group of companies and forcefully refutes the assertion that Pravin Gordhan