The Competition Commission has approved a deal that will see Open Access Data Centres expand its local footprint.
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Louis Gerstner, the former CEO and chairman of IBM, died on Saturday, aged 83.
Naspers and Prosus chairman Koos Bekker has sold shares in both companies worth about R2.5-billion over three trading days.
The Competition Tribunal has approved the sale of Herotel to Vumatel, but subject to an extensive set of conditions.
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The supreme court of appeal has thrown out MTN South Africa’s appeal against a judgment ordering it to pay R11.4-million in damages, plus interest, to a dealer whose business was shut down in 2011.
Two giant radio galaxies have been discovered with South Africa’s powerful MeerKAT telescope, located in the Karoo.
Eskom has firmed up a plan to implement load shedding in Johannesburg in two-hour blocks, instead of the current four-hour interruptions, with effect from 19 January.
Eskom’s official three-month outlook for demand and generating capacity shows a high likelihood of load shedding every single week until mid-April. But there is reason for encouragement.
National treasury is considering raising taxes as one of several possible mechanisms to fund the vaccination drive against Covid-19, Business Day reported on Monday.
Debt-laden power utility Eskom is extending power cuts into Monday after delays in restarting some key generation units.
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The market’s biggest digital coins dropped sharply on Wednesday amid a report that Goldman Sachs Group is pulling back on near-term plans to set up a cryptocurrency trading desk.
Accra’s share market was poised for a massive boost in liquidity on Wednesday when shares started trading in MTN Group’s local unit.
Amazon.com shares rose as much as 1.9%, pushing the company briefly beyond a market value of US$1-trillion, a milestone Apple reached just last month.
China is exploring a merger between two of the nation’s three wireless carriers to speed up the development of 5G mobile services amid a race with the US over the technology, according to people familiar with the matter.
Far from giving up on the retail consumer market, Neotel wants to expand its customer base by 50% in its current financial year and will spend money on new wireless base stations to deepen and extend its coverage
The governments of Brazil, China, Russia, India and SA have agreed to support a new, R3bn undersea cable that will connect Brazil with SA and Angola, and provide the region with onward connectivity
