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Bitcoin dropped below $7 000 for the first time since November, with the sell-off pushing the cryptocurrency to its lowest level since May.

EOH Holdings subsidiary EOH Abantu has agreed to sell its shares in Dental Information Systems (Denis Group) to AfroCentric Investment Corp for an effective R250-million.

MTN Group CEO Rob Shuter on Thursday voiced his disappointment in the Competition Commission’s report on the data services market in South Africa, arguing it was poorly framed and failed to acknowledge the successes of the industry.

YouTube has said it will take a “stronger stance against threats and personal attacks” by banning videos that “maliciously insult” people based on their race, gender expression or sexual orientation.

For the second year in a row, Eskom management and key staff members will not take leave in the festive season as the power utility struggles to halt power outages.

Link Africa said on Wednesday that is has acquired additional nationwide fibre-optic network infrastructure from a “leading Internet service provider”. TechCentral has determined the seller is Internet Solutions.

South Africa’s energy crisis eased as Eskom scrambled to repair broken plants and supplemented supply using gas turbines and pumped-storage facilities.

Eskom, South Africa’s biggest polluter, has asked for additional emission exemptions at two of its biggest plants, a request that will increase environmental protests against the state-owned utility.

Google has unveiled its annual “Year in Search” lists, showing South Africa’s top-trending searches included some bizarre queries such as “Why were corn flakes invented?”

US creative software giant Adobe will begin levying VAT on South African subscribers from 2020, the company said on Wednesday.