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The rand posted strong gains on Friday, as traders pushed out expectations for interest rate cuts.
An apparent standoff over licensing rules in South Africa means the country’s northern neighbour is set to get Starlink first.
The search for a new Eskom CEO has raised tensions between the board and minister Pravin Gordhan, sources said.
MultiChoice Group said it remains “gravely concerned about the debilitating impact of load shedding on South Africa”.
Walter Isaacson’s biography of Elon Musk is about one of the great minds of our time, but also one of the most tortured.
CIVH, the company whose investments include Vumatel and DFA, has reported a big jump in headline earnings.
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Microsoft is now turning to the latest AI technology to catch up with rivals in the corporate applications market, including Oracle, Salesforce and SAP.
Meta Platforms is planning a fresh round of layoffs and will cut thousands of employees as soon as this week, sources said.
Salesforce is working with ChatGPT creator OpenAI to add the chatbot sensation to its collaboration software, Slack.
Apple is returning to a frequent trick it uses to keep buyers interested in its current iPhone line until the new model arrives: adding a new colour.
While its competitors are given the benefit of the doubt when their products are found vulnerable, Huawei is held to impossible standards for political reasons.
Google investors may have had a flashback on Monday to the company’s bad old days of 2015. Back then, Google’s growth looked as if it hit a wall, and investors didn’t trust the company to spend its money wisely.