Communications regulator Icasa has suspended all public hearings until further notice due to the worsening coronavirus outbreak in South Africa.

MTN Group said its Iranian business is still able to achieve strong sales growth in the short term, even as the unit battles to overcome ongoing US sanctions and the rapid spread of the coronavirus.

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People with blood type A may be more susceptible to Covid-19 compared to other blood types, scientists have claimed.

Tencent’s quarterly earnings missed estimates after China’s economic slowdown eroded its core gaming business and the cost of fending off ByteDance and other rivals rose.

The countdown to South Africa’s most popular annual software developer event, DevConf, has begun. To be held for the fifth time this year – and for the first ever time virtually – the conference will be held on 2 April.

Apple has unveiled an updated version of its iPad Pro tablet, with a new keyboard which includes trackpad support for the first time.

SoftBank Group told shareholders of WeWork that it could withdraw from an agreement to buy $3-billion of stock in the co-working business, casting doubt on a deal that had been set to close in about two weeks.

South Africa now has 116 confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus. “This means that there has been an increase of 31 new cases from yesterday’s announcement,” said the health department on Wednesday morning.

For years, television executives have fretted there is too much TV. Now, with the coronavirus looming large, they are worried there might not be enough.