US investigators have joined an investigation into Mirror Trading International, seen as 2020’s biggest cryptocurrency scam, to help liquidators of the South African scheme recover the assets of out-of-pocket investors.

Herd immunity is no longer a discussion the world – or South Africa – should be having. We should start to avoid using that term in the context of Sars-CoV-2, because it’s unlikely to materialise in our lifetimes. By Shabir A Madhi.

First National Bank has finally launched supported for Apple Pay in South Africa, the financial services institution said on Tuesday.

SAP Africa has appointed company veteran Tracy Bolton as chief operating officer. Bolton, who has worked in various roles at SAP for the past nine years, has 25 years of experience in the IT sector.

Shares in both Naspers and its European spinoff Prosus tumbled on Tuesday, following Tencent’s sharp fall after a Chinese state media article described online videogames as “spiritual opium”.

Consumers and businesses will have to fork out an additional 91c for a litre of fuel as of Wednesday. Government announced that both grades of 95 and 93 octane will increase by this amount.

When China began opening up to investment four decades ago, many expected that as its economy became more capitalist, its politics also would become more democratic. They didn’t.

Google is making a bigger bet on smartphones by joining rivals Apple and Samsung Electronics in designing the device’s most critical component in-house: the main processor.

Tencent shares were on track to fall by their most in a decade on Tuesday after a Chinese state media outlet branded online videogames “spiritual opium”.

There are widespread doubts that renewable energy projects can happen fast enough to replace coal. So a controversial fossil fuel remains part of the planned energy mix: natural gas.