Home affairs says smart ID replacements are now offered at 753 bank branches, beating its target.
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The co-founder who led Nvidia for 33 years has resigned after a week of scandal. CFO Colette Kress takes over as interim CEO.
Bob Group says customers’ card details should be treated as exposed after a breach of its systems in late October.
SunCentral 1 supplies three customers. SolarAfrica says its next two plants will share their output among 42.
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The rand dropped to a three-month low on Tuesday as concerns grew over escalating violence in the country following the jailing of former President Jacob Zuma.
Protesters clashed with police in several areas of South Africa and looters ransacked shopping malls on Tuesday as frustrations over poverty and inequality boiled over into the country’s worst unrest in years.
Violent protests have dealt a body blow to South Africa’s efforts to rebuild the economy in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic and pose the sternest test yet to President Cyril Ramaphosa’s authority.
President Cyril Ramaphosa pleaded for calm following days of protests that were triggered by last week’s incarceration of his predecessor and have claimed 10 lives, forced businesses to shut and weakened the rand.
Some of South Africa’s largest companies were forced to halt operations as violence erupted in parts of the country, with rioters torching trucks and looting stores.
South Africa will deploy soldiers to quell violence that erupted in the wake of former president Jacob Zuma’s jailing, the military said on Monday, after days of riots and looting left at least six people dead.
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Huawei Technologies warned of its slowest revenue growth since 2013, despite making headway against Apple in global smartphones. Revenue at China’s biggest telecommunications gear maker probably rose 15% to 600bn yuan
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
Nigeria has emerged as the shining star in MTN’s latest set of results, overtaking SA as the largest contributor to the company’s revenue in the six months to June. At the same time, the operations in Nigeria, which were considered by many investors
Jeremy Ord is looking more relaxed than he has in years. It’s not unsurprising. After the torrid years that followed the technology collapse earlier this decade, Didata…
