Government has provisionally agreed to allocate at least R21-billion to the country’s embattled national airline to help repay debt and resume operations after the lifting of Covid-19 travel bans.

South Africa’s seasonally adjusted Absa Purchasing Managers’ Index expanded in May with factories gradually restarting activity as the coronavirus lockdown eased, helping to lift production and sales.

Senior Facebook employees took to Twitter over the weekend to express their dismay at CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s decision not to take action on incendiary comments posted by US President Donald Trump.

Online taxi-hailing platforms, streaming sites and subscription-based digital newspapers are among marketplace service providers that Kenya plans to tax, according to proposals by its revenue agency.

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Nearly 24 hours after launching from Florida, SpaceX’s Crew Dragon capsule delivered Nasa astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley to the International Space Station on Sunday.

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SpaceX, the private rocket company of billionaire South African-born entrepreneur Elon Musk, launched two Americans toward orbit from Florida on Saturday.

This decision to regulate some of US President Donald Trump’s most controversial posts has sparked a backlash from the president, and spawned a new uncertain chapter for the industry.

South Africa will permit air travel from four main airports from Monday as the nation eases lockdown measures put in place to curb the spread of the coronavirus pandemic.