Rain’s newly launched unlimited mobile plans come with a high-spec handset – and plenty of fine print.
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Capitec’s premium valuation rests on three compounding bets. All three are working – but each is now under pressure.
Revolving-door ministers and ad hoc political interventions left the State IT Agency unable to function.
Google’s research suggests quantum computers could break crypto’s encryption sooner than anyone previously expected.
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The Gauteng provincial government paid Microsoft $20.9-million, instead of R20.9-million, for software, costing the taxpayer millions of rand in exchange-rate losses, the Democratic Alliance has said.
Facebook and Liquid Intelligent Technologies are extending their reach in Africa by laying 2 000km of fibre in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
The Global Partnership for Ethiopia, the Safaricom-led consortium that won a licence to build a network in the East African nation, has appointed Anwar Soussa to lead the venture.
Botswana has granted a generation licence for a 100MW solar project to local firm Shumba Energy, making it the first independent power producer to set up a large-scale solar plant in the country.
The National Prosecuting Authority said on Monday that Interpol has issued red notices for two Gupta brothers wanted in connection with alleged corruption.
South Africa hit a record of 26 000 fresh Covid-19 cases on Saturday, its second record-breaking tally in as many days, as a rampant third wave of infections coursed through a largely unvaccinated population.
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Nokia shares plunged after the company said customers aren’t quite ready to increase spending on faster networks and are demanding price cuts.
Facebook has racked up plenty of milestones in its pioneering journey. Now the social media giant is poised to add one it would doubtless rather avoid: the biggest stock market wipe-out in American history.
Facebook on Wednesday reported second quarter sales and user growth that fell short of analysts’ projections. And the company told Wall Street the numbers won’t get any better this year.
Facebook was pummelled by public criticism over privacy issues during the second quarter. Don’t expect to see much evidence of that turmoil in Facebook’s earnings report on Wednesday.
Telkom has been thrown into crisis by allegations of widespread corruption at the fixed-line operator’s most senior levels that have been sent to cabinet ministers and parliament as well as state and industry watchdog bodies
Neotel and Vodacom have called on their regulator, the Independent Communications Authority of SA (Icasa), to scrap the universal service obligations they agreed to when they were licensed. Instead, they want































