Longer contracts have become South Africa’s answer to unaffordable smartphones – but at a big long-term cost to consumers.
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JSE-listed Datatec expects headline earnings per share to rise more than 50% for the year ended 28 February 2026.
A generation of software engineers who never develop foundational competencies has become a genuine concern.
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EOH Holdings said it paid its former CEO, Stephen van Coller, an ex gratia amount of R15-million when he resigned in March.
City Power has rubbished statements it said have been circulated by councillors regarding home solar installations.
It’s now been seven months – and counting – since the country’s last episode of load shedding.
Pick n Pay has reported another solid sales performance from its online, on-demand grocery delivery platform even as the rest of the group grapples with a difficult turnaround.
Renergen has accused a solar energy project of “unauthorised construction” in at a site in the Free State.
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Lithium-rich African countries, including Zimbabwe and Namibia, want refining industries to capture more of the profits of global demand for the battery material.
Alphabet lost US$100-billion in market value on Wednesday after its new chatbot shared inaccurate information in a promotional video.
The UK’s antitrust regulator said Microsoft’s purchase of Activision Blizzard raises competition concerns about cloud and console gaming.
Zoom Video Communications will cut about 1 300 jobs as demand for the company’s video conferencing services slows with the waning of the pandemic.
The virtual currency’s behaviour since the start of the year doesn’t just look like a bubble bursting; it looks more like a currency under attack
It’s hoped that robust debate will encourage better, stronger fair-use conditions rather than leaving South Africa far behind as it amends legislation dealing with copyright, writes Denise Rosemary Nicholson.
