Government has scrapped the Post Office’s sub-1kg parcel monopoly, finally aligning the law with market reality.
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South Africa’s annual inflation rate dropped more than forecast to the lowest in almost nine years in October, providing some room for the central bank to ease policy.
Communications regulator Icasa said on Tuesday that it will probe the just-signed expanded roaming agreement between MTN South Africa and Cell C.
Telkom on Tuesday rubbished talk among some JSE traders that it is planning a hostile bid for Cell C.
Takealot expects Black Friday sales to rise by about 80% to R352-million this year. The online retail group sees the last Friday of November as a key driver and measure of its growth in South Africa.
Bond investors aren’t showing much faith in Eskom’s new boss, with yields on the company’s 2021 dollar bonds jumping the most in more than three months after the appointment of André de Ruyter.
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David Drummond, the chief legal officer at Google parent company Alphabet, has stepped down from Uber Technologies’ board of directors as the two companies move further into each other’s territories. Drummond joined the board in 2013 when
Apple was ordered to repay a record €13bn (US$14,5bn; R210bn) plus interest after the European Commission said Ireland illegally slashed the iPhone maker’s tax bill. The world’s richest company benefited from a “selective tax treatment” in
Forget bitcoin. There’s a new digital currency that is surging as online drug dealers begin adopting it to conduct business with more anonymity. The two-year-old currency monero has more than quadrupled this month after gaining
Apple has hitched itself to music celebrities to pitch Apple Music, the US$10/month (South Africa: R59,99/month) digital service launched a year ago. There was the very public catering to Taylor Swift. Apple broke out its
































