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Xneelo has begun construction on a second data centre at Samrand in Gauteng.
A partnership between four financial institutions has led to the launch of an “institutional-grade” stablecoin pegged to the rand.
The entry of China’s Haier into South Africa looks set to sharpen competition in the local home appliance market.
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EOH said on Tuesday that the civil suits against several of its former directors mark a “significant milestone” in holding those responsible for the governance failings that took place at EOH accountable.
Vodacom has taken the wraps off its much-anticipated VodaPay “super app” in South Africa, designed in collaboration with Alibaba Group-owned fintech services platform Alipay.
Netflix is doubling down on its efforts to grow its market share in sub-Saharan Africa – including South Africa – by launching a new, lower-cost, mobile-only plan.
It seems lightning does strike twice for Raees and Ameer Cajee, the two brothers behind Africrypt, the company that was supposedly hacked and whose wallets were emptied of R51-billion in crypto money in April.
Jacob Zuma, who’s been repeatedly implicated in aiding and abetting the plunder of state funds during the nine years he led South Africa, was sentenced to 15 months in jail for defying a court order.
Exclusive | EOH Holdings is suing its co-founder and former CEO, Asher Bohbot, and its former chief financial officer, John King, for R1.7-billion in damages each. It is also pursuing several other former executives.
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No-one was on board the Dragon capsule that launched Saturday on its first test flight, only an instrumented dummy.
Huawei’ chief financial officer, whose detention in Canada has sparked a diplomatic standoff, has filed a civil lawsuit against Canadian authorities, alleging she was wrongfully detained and searched.
Elon Musk said on Sunday that Tesla will unveil its Model Y crossover in less than two weeks, as questions about store closures and employee layoffs threaten the company’s growth narrative.
France intends to tax the revenue of about 30 Internet giants such as Amazon.com to help ensure “fiscal justice”, according to finance minister Bruno Le Maire.
Although some US analysts are predicting that Apple’s share price could push past the US$1 000/share barrier in the next 12 months, making it the first $1 trillion company, I believe the more “boring” technology companies such as Dell, Microsoft and Intel offer a more sensible prospect for investors. The market is valuing Apple’s operating
Next month, the gigantic West African Cable System (Wacs) will come online, bringing around 400Gbit/s of submarine fibre capacity to SA at launch. But what does this increase in capacity mean for SA consumers and Internet service providers? Sean Nourse, executive for connectivity at Internet Solutions, says that although the effects of Wacs
