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Bitcoin surged to a two-year high amid expectations supply of the digital currency will shrink next month. The cryptocurrency rallied to US$683,89 on Monday in Hong Kong, the highest since February 2014, according to data compiled by

The SABC has confirmed that its websites were hacked on Sunday. SABC websites, ranging from those of its radio station 5fm to its main news portal, experienced downtime for hours on Sunday. A Twitter account

A group claiming to be part of hacktivist network Anonymous says it has launched a cyber attack on SABC websites. The main SABC website as well as other websites belonging to the public broadcaster, such as that of 5fm and SAfm, were

MTN will not list its subsidiary in Nigeria unless market conditions are sufficiently conducive to an initial public offering, the group’s interim executive chairman, Phuthuma Nhleko, told TechCentral

MTN Nigeria has agreed to pay a total cash amount of 330bn naira – the equivalent of $1,7bn (R25,1bn) at the official exchange rate, or R13,6bn on the parallel market – to settle the fine

Brett Dawson is stepping down as CEO of Dimension Data after 12 years at the helm of the South African technology services group, which is owned by Japan’s Nippon Telegraph & Telephone Corp. Chief operating officer

Technology companies have tightened their grip on the world’s most valuable brands, an international survey shows. The Brandz list, compiled by Millward Brown, found that Google led the

Naspers, Africa’s biggest company by market value, is planning to sell its Polish online auction website Allegro, according to people with knowledge of the matter. The global Internet and entertainment group has hired Morgan Stanley to advise

Detectives are using cellphone mapping in their investigation of 16-year-old Franziska Blochliger’s murder in Tokai Forest, the Wynberg magistrate’s court heard on Friday. Prosecutor Renee-Prinsloo Uys