Chery has agreed to acquire Nissan’s Pretoria plant, opening the door for Chinese vehicle manufacturing in South Africa.
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Digital IDs will form the foundation for other government departments to digitise their services.
Watts & Wheels explores the rapid rise of Chinese brands in South Africa, BMW’s response and the future of local manufacturing.
Telecoms industry lobbyists claim Europe’s latest regulatory moves show the “Fair Share” debate is far from settled.
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The Financial Sector Conduct Authority wants more power to prosecute perpetrators of fraud and oversee dealing in cryptocurrencies after the collapse of a bitcoin trader.
South Africa plans to launch three procurement rounds for 6.8GW of renewable energy over the next year, as well as a combined 5GWW of new coal, gas and storage, a presentation by the ANC showed.
Bitcoin’s price could exceed $50 000 over the longer term as the digital asset vies with gold for investment flows, according to cryptocurrency exchange Luno and brokerage OSL.
The South African Revenue Service has published its very own Web browser, with support for Adobe Flash, to allow e-filing taxpapers to continue submitting their tax forms electronically.
JSE-listed telecommunications specialist Huge Group has applied to list on the London Stock Exchange’s Alternative Investment Market, it said on Monday.
South Africa’s main share index jumped 2.1% as of 10.07am in Johannesburg, setting a fresh intraday record, as Naspers was lifted by a surge in partly owned Chinese online giant Tencent.
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Volkswagen has mapped out details of its transformation from a mass manufacturer of cars to a provider of transportation services by unveiling a car-sharing service and promising digital acquisitions.
Facebook said it has investigated thousands of apps and suspended 400 of them since a developer data leak scandal broke in March.
Australia has banned China’s Huawei and ZTE from supplying next-generation wireless equipment to the nation’s telecommunications operators, the latest blow in an escalating global battle over network security.
Apple’s Tim Cook is set to collect stock worth about $120-million (about R1.7-billion) this week thanks to a run-up in shares of the iPhone maker.
Telkom’s board is widely expected to appoint Nombulelo “Pinky” Moholi, MD of its SA operation, as its new group CEO, a move analysts say is great news for the partially state-owned fixed-line telecommunications
Gijima, the IT company controlled by controversial businessman Robert Gumede, is seen as too important to be allowed to fail, according to a source familiar with the thinking behind this week’s deal between the company
