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Photos have emerged of the damage caused to IT distributor Mustek’s offices in Durban, which were torched by a gang of marauding criminals on Monday.
South African taxi drivers, private security companies and ordinary civilians are stepping up to protect their businesses and communities following days of rioting and looting.
Crowds looted shops and offices in South Africa on Wednesday, defying government calls to end a week of violence that has killed more than 70 people and wrecked hundreds of businesses.
Durban and Richards Bay and a rail line connecting Durban with Gauteng have been disrupted by days of violent protests, state logistics group Transnet said on Wednesday.
Business leaders in Durban are crying out for more decisive action to curb the widespread looting and anarchy in KwaZulu-Natal, including an immediate state of emergency.
South Africans are expected to face major food shortages in the wake of days of violent unrest across two key provinces, as rioters upend supply chains by looting supermarkets and torching goods trucks.
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Facebook housed dozens of cybercriminal groups that set up shop on the platform as online marketplaces to sell a variety of illegal services, including stolen credit card information, a team of researchers found.
Samsung Electronics reported its worst operating profit drop in more than four years, buffeted by falling memory chip prices and slowing smartphone sales.
Japan’s Hayabusa2 spacecraft has successfully dropped an explosive designed to make a crater on an asteroid and collect its underground samples to find possible clues to the origin of the solar system.
US secretary of state Michael Pompeo warned that the US may not share some information with Nato allies if they incorporate Chinese technology in their networks.
The ANC wants scarce radio frequency spectrum to be made available to new players seeking to provide telecommunications services and it also wants to increase competition in the broadcasting industry, especially in pay television. These are two of the key points raised in the ruling party’s
For 22 years, the battle has raged in parliament, the government executive and various courts and tribunals, with long periods of deceptive calm between each episode. Now SA record companies are finally closing in on the R561m they say local radio stations owe them — and the extra R50m-plus that will be
