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The US, Germany, France and the UK will send a delegation to South Africa as soon as next week to seek a deal to begin closing the country’s coal-fired plants.
Cell C terminated the provision of network services to Virgin Mobile South Africa at 5pm on Wednesday, signalling the death of the country’s first mobile virtual network operator.
Apple’s newest iPhones will go on sale in South Africa on 8 October – three weeks from now – a local agent has confirmed.
FirstRand will end funding for new coal-fired power stations and coal mines and has lowered the cap on its coal exposure as part of moves to reach net-zero emissions by 2050, it said on Wednesday.
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Apple unveiled the iPhone 13 and a new iPad mini on Tuesday, expanding 5G connectivity and showing off faster chips and sharper cameras without raising the phone’s pricing.
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Apple CEO Tim Cook has disputed a report suggesting that tensions led to the departure of design chief Jony Ive, the Briton behind many of the company’s famous products.
CloudFlare, an Internet service meant to protect websites from going down, faced its own network issues on Tuesday, leading to several prominent sites being unavailable for some time.
Visa, Mastercard and PayPal may have boosted the single, greatest risk they face – that of tougher regulation – by becoming early backers for Facebook’s new digital money, called libra.
US President Donald Trump said he eased restrictions on China’s most prominent technology company as part of a trade truce with Beijing.
MTN and Pick n Pay are poised to launch a mobile bank. Called Tyme, which stands for “take your money everywhere”, the venture will piggyback on the banking licence held by Bank of Athens. Tyme hopes to make mobile money transfers and mobile banking commonplace in South Africa, where consumers
Independent telecommunications tower operator, Nigerian-founded IHS Group, believes that half of the 170 000 base stations built by mobile operators in Africa will be considered for outsourcing within the next three to five years as pressure
