The rand hasn’t hit rock bottom yet. Even after falling to its weakest level on record against the dollar this week, South Africa’s currency has a better chance of extending the decline in coming months.
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Helios Towers’ plans to expand following last year’s London share sale may have been waylaid by the coronavirus outbreak, but the Africa-focused company has $350-million primed and ready for when deal-making can resume.
The West Africa Cable System has begun carrying traffic again after a cable break off the coast of England last week interrupted services between South Africa, and other African countries, and Europe.
MultiChoice Group has added to the number of free channels available on its DStv Now streaming service. The channels are available to both DStv and non-DStv subscribers.
Communications minister Stella Ndabeni-Abrahams has moved to assure South Africans that contact tracing in Covid-19 cases will not be used to spy on citizens.
JSE-listed technology group Altron looks set to list its UK subsidiary, Bytes Technology Group, in an effort to further unlock shareholder value.
In this podcast, Altron CEO Mteto Nyati talks to TechCentral’s Duncan McLeod about the group’s decision to explore the unbundling and listing of its Bytes UK subsidiary on the London Stock Exchange.
Telkom Group CEO Sipho Maseko joins TechCentral’s Duncan McLeod for a podcast discussion on the operator’s new track-and-trace technology solution designed to fight the Covid-19 pandemic in South Africa.
As South Africa enters the seventh day of the nationwide Covid-19 lockdown, Eskom has announced that it will double maintenance work at its plants.
South Africa’s coronavirus lockdown has highlighted how essential access to reliable, high-speed fibre infrastructure has become for the economy to keep going. By Jacques du Toit.