Headline inflation slowed to 4.3% in July, ending four months of acceleration – and beating market expectations.
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Replying to a customer on WhatsApp will start costing business users money from October. Meta won’t confirm how much.
Crypto arbitrage firm Kastelo says every client watched a compulsory video and signed a mandate before any offshore trade.
Absa has said that 1 400 developers use AI coding tools while its chatbot fields 100 000 queries monthly.
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The Democratic Alliance is intensifying efforts to create a Cyber Commission, introducing a private members bill in parliament.
MVNO challengers are winning over consumers disaffected by poor service from South Africa’s big telecoms operators.
Naspers has declared and finalised a five-for-one share split, saying the move will make the stock more accessible to investors.
The pieces are finally moving into place for one of the most significant media deals in South African corporate history.
The Competition Commission’s Hardin Ratshisusu has warned that getting AI regulation wrong could stifle innovation.
Dan Marokane has again pledged that the state-owned power utility will hold future electricity tariff hikes below 10%.
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China’s Huawei said it will move core technologies and resources in its smart car unit to a new joint company.
If Huawei and Xiaomi can pull it off, Apple will surely feel emboldened to take a crack at making its own electric car.
Lithium has extended almost monthlong run of declines, with expectations the rout in the EV battery metal is far from over.
OpenAI has agreed in principle to partly reconstitute the board of directors that had dismissed CEO Sam Altman.
The US and China are moving beyond bellicose trade threats to exchanging regulatory punches that threaten a wide range of industries including technology, energy and air travel.
Is the global monetary order ready for another reboot? Keep an eye on India and its ambitions in global technology for clues.
