Women’s groups, tech watchdogs and progressive activists are calling on Google and Apple to remove the apps.
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Fewer learners studying mathematics at school level threatens South Africa’s economic competitiveness.
Shoprite is adding buy now, pay later options across its retail brands, including for grocery purchases.
Investment is pouring into renewable energy, but grid expansion will determine whether momentum can be sustained.
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Six of Eskom’s generation units tripped on Monday, dramatically increasing the chances of the return of rolling blackouts this week.
A Hisense factory in Atlantis, north of Cape Town, was reopened on Friday after it was temporarily closed by government over allegations it was not compliant with Covid-19 regulations.
New research from GfK suggests there has been a marked shift by South African consumers to online shopping, with most likely to continue using e-commerce, even after the Covid-19 pandemic ends.
Higher education, science & innovation minister Blade Nzimande said the 64-dish MeerKAT, the pre-cursor to the Square Kilometer Array, will be expanded by 20 dishes at a cost of R800-million.
MultiChoice Group is adding two, 24-hour ESPN sports channels to its DStv platform following an agreement with Walt Disney Co. The channels will be launched on DStv on 29 July.
After several weeks of trading in narrow ranges, bitcoin breached $10 000 on Sunday for the first time since early June.
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Bitcoin’s plunge extended to more than 25% on Friday as the frenzy surrounding digital currencies faced one of its biggest tests yet. The world’s largest cryptocurrency approached $10 000 as this week’s selloff entered a fourth
Didi Chuxing has scored another investment from SoftBank Group in a massive funding round that will bankroll the Chinese ride-hailing leader’s exploration of new markets and technologies. Didi said it’s secured
Facebook is introducing new facial recognition features that will automatically notify users when their photo is posted on the social network, the company said in a blog post on Tuesday. The new features are being rolled out in the
Elon Musk gave his 16.7m Twitter followers what he meant to send to the chief technology officer of virtual reality company Oculus: his phone number. “Do you have a sec to talk? My cell is …” Musk wrote from his account on Tuesday
A decline in revenue was not enough to stop JSE-listed IT services group GijimaAst from reporting a 33% leap in normalised headline earnings per share in the six months to 31 December 2009. It has amassed R623m in cash and declared an interim maiden dividend of 2,5c/share. It’s a significant turnaround for an IT group that little more than five years ago was in dire financial straits
JSE-listed cellphone group Vodacom has come under fire from the Institute of Directors for not disclosing that it was paying former group CEO Alan Knott-Craig a monthly…
