Women’s groups, tech watchdogs and progressive activists are calling on Google and Apple to remove the apps.
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Fewer learners studying mathematics at school level threatens South Africa’s economic competitiveness.
Shoprite is adding buy now, pay later options across its retail brands, including for grocery purchases.
Investment is pouring into renewable energy, but grid expansion will determine whether momentum can be sustained.
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Four-year-old South African stock exchange A2X expects to break even by 2023 as trading in the secondary listings it offers takes off.
A final decision on the future of e-tolls on the Gauteng Freeway Improvement Project has still not been taken by government.
Nigerians are turning to crypto for business, to protect their savings as the naira loses value, and to send payments abroad.
Africa is central to Swedish music streamer Spotify’s plans to extend its reach to a billion customers.
Pacific Investment Management Co has agreed to lend a South African state development bank R3-billion, the first deal in a United Nations programme to fund green energy in Africa.
Microsoft is adding more functionality to its South African Azure data centres, announcing on Tuesday that “Azure Availability Zones” are now available in SA North.
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Broadcom has agreed to buy Symantec’s division that serves business customers for $10.7-billion in cash, adding software designed to keep hackers out of corporate systems.
Even by the standards of Uber Technologies, $5-billion is a lot to lose in three months of doing business. Yet, that’s the amount analysts expect to see for the second quarter.
Apple has been sued over claims that the privacy of Siri users was violated when human reviewers listened to customer recordings.
Walt Disney Co is pricing a new bundle of streaming services at a surprisingly low $12.99/month, challenging Netflix with a package that includes family programming, live sports and a deep library of television shows.
The road to digital migration in local television is paved with good intentions, vested interests, legal disputes and delays. In 2006, South Africa told the International Telecommunication Union it would switch from analogue to digital broadcasting by 2015 and the first digital migration policy
Anyone who spends any degree of time on the Internet will tell you that the first sign of a scam is a company with no website and no contact numbers. Try looking up information on Cherry Online Design, Ikamva ICT and Jugganaut – the members of the joint venture that won the multimillion-rand
