South Africa’s largest banks backed finance minster Pravin Gordhan’s stance that he has no power to stop them from closing the accounts of a company controlled by friends of President Jacob Zuma. FirstRand, Standard Bank, Barclays
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MTN Group, responding in detail to allegations that the wireless carrier illegally moved more than US$14bn out of Nigeria, said central bank approvals were obtained before any dividends were issued. “No dividends were declared
Crime fighters in Diepsloot have a new weapon in their arsenal in the form of technologies to ensure better crime reporting and faster response times. Police on Wednesday announced a project with security company
Airports Company South Africa (Acsa) has thrown its weight behind global calls for the Samsung Galaxy Note7 to be banned from flights. Jason Tshabalala, group manager for security at Acsa, urged passengers
Vodacom has introduced a technology on its network called dual-carrier high-speed uplink packet access, or DC-HSUPA, that it said will speed up data uploads for consumers on 3G. The technology is an evolution of high-speed
MTN Group shares slumped to a six-year low after a Nigerian senator claimed the wireless carrier may have illegally moved more than the previously estimated US$14bn out of the country, citing early findings
Vumatel has reached an agreement to acquire fellow fibre-to-the-home provider Fibrehoods, potentially kick-starting a long-expected consolidation of the industry, in which it is estimated there are more than two dozen players
The Competition Commission has struck down meter taxi drivers’ bid to declare Internet app Uber as engaging in predatory pricing and anticompetitive behaviour. In May this year, eight regional taxi companies and 150 individual
SABC executive Hlaudi Motsoeneng allegedly promised an extra R10 000 to each staff member as a “sweetener deal”, the Democratic Alliance claimed on Thursday. The party’s communications spokeswoman and MP
The chances of finance minister Pravin Gordhan keeping his job after prosecutors charged him with fraud brightened on Wednesday after he won the backing of cabinet and President Jacob Zuma appointed him to a task force