Absa has been hit by a data leak, which the banking group said on Monday evening was limited in nature, but which involved the “unlawful” leaking of client information by an employee.
Although reports have emerged of quieter-than-normal retail stores this Black Friday weekend, it seems many South African consumers turned to online shopping to beat the crowds – and the coronavirus.
Bitcoin climbed to a record, taking less than three years to replicate the euphoric ascent that catapulted the cryptocurrency into the mainstream consciousness.
Huawei Pay, a payments system for Huawei smartphone users, will be launched in South Africa later this week, the Chinese consumer electronics giant said on Monday.
Nigeria’s national electricity grid collapsed on Sunday, the Transmission Company of Nigeria said in a statement. Power outages in Nigeria are common but a system collapse is unusual.
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This month, an intercontinental ballistic missile was fired in the general direction of Hawaii. During its descent a few minutes later, still outside the Earth’s atmosphere, it was struck by another missile that destroyed it.
The UK will ban the installation of 5G equipment from China’s Huawei Technologies by the end of next September.
The Trump administration is poised to add China’s top chip maker, SMIC, to a blacklist of alleged Chinese military companies, escalating tensions with Beijing weeks before President-elect Joe Biden takes office.
S&P Global is in advanced talks to buy IHS Markit for about US$44-billion, according to a person familiar with the matter.