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Marc Jury, CEO of MultiChoice South Africa and Showmax, has resigned. He will leave the group in March.
A group of investors led by Harith General Partners has agreed to buy out a fund that owns a stake in Vumatel parent CIVH.
Naspers and Prosus companies such as iFood and OLX are sharing AI expertise for business growth.
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Repairs to the Sat-3 cable system are complete, marking the end of repair work on three broken subsea cables.
The Vergelegen wine estate in Somerset West has announced its hilltop winery has gone completely off the grid.
Eskom has been excluded from national treasury’s updated set of cost containment measures, Business Day reported.
Capitec Connect is the latest to challenge South Africa’s mobile incumbents with a cut-price prepaid data plan.
Volvo has made Amazon Prime Video and YouTube available for streaming via its in-car entertainment systems.
Microsoft is narrowing the gap with Apple in the stock market as investors see better growth prospects at the software giant.
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Thousands of Twitter users on Monday reported problems with accessing links from the platform and other websites.
WhatsApp has agreed to be more transparent about changes to its privacy policy introduced in 2021, the European Commission said on Monday.
Russia looks to be successfully working around sanctions to secure crucial semiconductors and other technologies for its war in Ukraine.
Apple’s top executive in charge of cloud initiatives is leaving the company, adding to a wave of recent departures.
Remember this moment. Early 2019 may have showed us the ceiling for the business of selling car rides at the tap of a smartphone.
From free burgers and ride-hailing services to hip-hop concerts and discounted petrol: South African banks are going all out to win customers as competition hots up.