Several Chinese rivals have crossed the trillion-parameter mark, but ByteDance’s effort dwarfs all of them.
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M-Net Movies 1, Mzansi Bioskop, Mzansi Music and KykNet Lekker close on 16 September as four sport channels launch.
Generation fell 8.1% in June to the weakest reading in seven years, while Eskom’s fleet ran better than at any point since 2017.
Growth of more than 30% in Eutelsat’s low-Earth orbit satellite business has offset declines in its legacy video operations.
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TymeBank is in discussions with home affairs after the parties’ public spat over the hike in ID verification fees.
Companies are taking different approaches to remote work following the Covid-19 lockdowns.
It’s been nearly a year since President Cyril Ramaphosa hinted at tax rebates or subsidies for electric car buyers.
Outa has told Eskom that SSEG registration requirements are “irrational”.
South Africa will offer the US a revised trade deal in an effort to lower the 30% tariff imposed last week.
South Africa and China can boast the longest intercontinental quantum communication link established to date.
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Rising rates have made already stretched US Big Tech valuations look increasingly expensive.
Spotify reported quarterly monthly active users and subscribers ahead of expectations as it grew in all regions.
South Korea is looking to African countries to secure graphite as China tightens its exports controls.
Zircon crystals are giving scientists a deeper understanding about the age of the moon and its formation.
The tech bubble is popping, but not in the way anyone expected. After years of fretting that free-spending start-ups with unrealistic valuations would bring down the start-up economy on its own, a global pandemic is doing it in instead.
Faced with the biggest challenge of any post-apartheid South African leader, President Cyril Ramaphosa has also been given a rare opportunity to push through the painful reforms the economy needs.

































