The declining rand has hit PC sales in South Africa hard, says an international research organisation. According to International Data Corp, PC shipments dropped to
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Absa has assured customers of the safety of its new ChatBanking platform that enables banking via social network Twitter. The Barclays-owned banking group launched the platform for customers who
Internet ride-sharing app Uber is raising its South African fares back to their old rates just two months after the company initiated its winter price cuts. On 7 April this year, the smartphone app cut fares on its cheaper UberX option in
Do not replace public protector Thuli Madonsela with a lapdog, the Democratic Alliance has said. “Adv Madonsela, a fearless and non-partisan defender of the people of South Africa, has set the bar high in terms of what is expected of the woman
Despite reporting a further 6,5% decline in the number of fixed lines in service to just 3,2m, Telkom has declared that it has completed a three-year turnaround strategy and is now ready for growth. This comes as it reports a 15,5% increase in
Telkom pumped R757m into fibre-to-the-home broadband infrastructure in the year ended 31 March 2016, an increase of 200% over the R252m it spent in the 2015 financial year. The spend on FTTH outstripped the company’s
Blue Label Telecoms on Monday announced it has reached an agreement with SA Rugby for the Castle Lager Incoming series against Ireland. The JSE-listed will partner the Springboks for the three-test series of
Protection against cyberattacks is becoming a growing challenge in the aviation industry, according to Tony Tyler, CEO of the International Air Transport Association. Experts estimate that cybersecurity breaches cost a total of
Electronic payments company Net1 UEPS Technologies has launched a court challenge of a government decision to limit direct deductions from social grants. Net1 division Cash Paymaster Services won a R10bn grants tender
S&P Global Ratings on Friday affirmed South Africa’s long- and short-term foreign and local currency bond ratings at BBB-/A-3 and BBB+/A-2 respectively. The foreign currency bond rating remains one notch above sub-investment