Listed technology group Adapt IT reported a slight decline in revenue and flat earnings in the six months ended 31 December 2018 as the weak South African economy took its toll.

US prosecutors filed criminal charges against Huawei, China’s largest technology company, alleging it stole trade secrets from an American rival and committed bank fraud by violating sanctions against doing business with Iran.

Three media companies have collectively been fined tens of millions of rand for price fixing and the fixing of trading conditions. The Competition Commission wants the firms to cough up for their “cartel conduct”.

Bitcoin’s painful 2018 crash continues, with the original cryptocurrency touching the lowest in more than a month on Monday.

Eskom is facing a mounting repair bill at two new coal-fired power stations that are still under construction, compounding its already dire financial situation.

Samsung Electronics has announced it is to begin replacing plastic packaging materials with “environmentally sustainable elements”.