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Bob Group says customers’ card details should be treated as exposed after a breach of its systems in late October.
AA CEO Bobby Ramagwede tells Watts & Wheels that South Africa’s car manufacturing industry could be decimated within five years.
SunCentral 1 supplies three customers. SolarAfrica says its next two plants will share their output among 42.
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Public enterprises minister Pravin Gordhan said Eskom must take strong disciplinary action against employees who “undermine” it.
Massmart has assured customers that planned strike action will not interfere with their Black Friday shopping plans.
Eskom plans to suspend rolling power cuts on Thursday evening as some of its generating units return to service.
The South African Reserve Bank raised its main lending rate by 25 basis points to 3.75% on Thursday, citing increased inflation risks.
MTN Group has exited its investment in Yemen. Its departure from the troubled country is line with its strategy to leave the Middle East and focus on its investments in Africa.
The energy department has cautioned that a retreat from coal must take account of the impact on the economy and the people who depend on it for a living.
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A red 1962 Ferrari 250 GTO owned by a former Microsoft employee sold for $48.4-million (about R690-million) on Saturday in California, the most ever paid for a classic car at auction.
Elon Musk has scrapped his plan to take Tesla private, a remarkable reversal more than two weeks after blindsiding employees and investors with the idea in a bombshell tweet.
Just a few months ago, Tencent reigned as the most valuable company in Asia, but it has since suffered a record stock plunge that has wiped more than $140-billion off its market value.
Japan is making a push to develop flying cars, enlisting companies including Uber Technologies and Airbus in a government-led group to bring airborne vehicles to the country in the next decade.
Millions of mobile phone subscribers in Africa saw the icon on their phone screens change from Kuwaiti company Zain to Indian company Airtel last fall. The change means little to the average customer, but for the continent, it’s another sign that India is moving in
Icasa has dropped a bombshell on the telecommunications industry. The industry regulator reckons Internet service providers and other telecommunications licensees are entitled — right now — to access Telkom’s local loop

































