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Capitec Bank is generally the cheapest bank for the needs of most people, despite strong competition from other banks, according to Solidarity’s 2016 Bank Charges Report. As a result of strong competition in the basic

The rand held steady at a new 10-month high on Thursday as it continued to benefit from offshore yield players, Brexit, mixed data from the US, liquidity and lack of interest because of the European summer vacation

The Democratic Alliance is proposing a deal that would allow it to run the country’s biggest city while giving a smaller rival control of its first municipality and locking the ruling ANC out of the management of the two cities

Telecommunications & postal services minister Siyabonga Cwele, through department acting director-general Joe Mjwara, has given communications regulator Icasa 15 days to produce a record of proceedings that led to its decision to push ahead with

Apple is preparing the first significant overhaul of its MacBook Pro laptop line in over four years, according to people familiar with the matter, using one of its older products to help reverse two quarters

Electricity utility Eskom says a police investigation is under way into a drone crash at its Koeberg nuclear power facility just outside Cape Town. Eskom said in a statement on Wednesday that a drone had crashed into the

MTN South Africa will outsource some of its call centre facilities in order to “optimise its operations and enhance customer experience”, the mobile telecommunications operator said on Wednesday. It said it has adopted a

Eskom, South Africa’s state-owned power utility, said it is investigating an information leak at the Koeberg nuclear plant that could affect a court case related to a R5bn contract awarded to Areva for work at the facility. The power producer hasn’t determined

Eskom has placed a safety officer at the Koeberg nuclear power station north of Cape Town on precautionary suspension after a drone crashed on the site in contravention of nuclear safety regulations. Eskom said in a media statement on Wednesday that