Shoprite is adding buy now, pay later options across its retail brands, including for grocery purchases.
Top News
Fewer learners studying mathematics at school level threatens South Africa’s economic competitiveness.
Investment is pouring into renewable energy, but grid expansion will determine whether momentum can be sustained.
Women’s groups, tech watchdogs and progressive activists are calling on Google and Apple to remove the apps.
More News
The Gauteng department of roads & transport has launched the “request a slot” campaign aimed at addressing the renewal of drivers’ licences backlog. The campaign started on Wednesday.
JSE-listed technology group Mustek has built on the blowout results it reported in the six months to 31 March 2021 and has said the full-year number will be even more impressive.
South Africa faces “another era of isolation” if it persists with coal power generation, the CEO of Eskom said, arguing a pivot to cleaner energy would boost the competitiveness of the country’s exports.
Eskom is starting a pilot programme to allow businesses to buy green power. It gives businesses a mechanism to purchase clean energy from the utility without having to own a renewable energy generator.
South Africa may limit the use of public amenities to the people who have been vaccinated against Covid-19, the health minister said.
Standard Bank said on Wednesday that customers using its mobile banking app have been experiencing slow response times and intermittent problems when trying to log in.
World News
Dell Technologies, HP, Intel and Microsoft are joining forces to oppose US President Donald Trump’s proposed tariffs on laptop computers and tablets among $300-billion in Chinese goods targeted for duties.
Apple has urged the Trump administration not to proceed with tariffs of as much as 25% on a new slate of products imported from China, saying it would reduce the company’s contribution to the US economy.
Facebook’s plans to create a new cryptocurrency that can be used for everything from commerce to money transfers is facing pushback from angry US lawmakers.
Nokia and Ericsson have recently wrested notable long-term deals from Huawei to build 5G wireless networks, with analysts say more could come their way as Huawei grapples with a US export ban.
The department of communications has set out a case for more muscular government involvement in the telecommunications industry to help ensure that access to broadband becomes universal in South Africa. The department’s chief director
From cameras that allow for the three-dimensional rendering of vehicles through to the hundreds of kilometres of fibre-optic cables that link the toll gantries and control offices, Gauteng’s e-tolls project is a marvel of modern technology. Alex van Niekerk
