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Tesla picks Morocco over South Africa, Google’s Gemini arrives in Volvos and Tracker CEO Dillan Fernando is in studio.
MTN Group faces a R3.9-billion write-down, cash it cannot move and a stake it cannot sell, just as Washington escalates.
In a marked break from rivals Vodacom and Telkom, MTN South Africa is dialling back airtime advances to its customers.
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Google has announced the appointment of Kabelo Makwane as its new country director for South Africa.
The high court has upheld a legal challenge to the government’s plan to procure 1.5GW of new coal-fired power.
Bitcoin has catapulted above $100 000 for the first time, a milestone hailed as a coming-of-age for cryptocurrencies.
Vodacom’s efforts to acquire a co-controlling stake in fibre operator Maziv are turning into a political football.
Courtne Marland is headed to Silicon Valley early next year to build Seeking Sigma, a start-up simplifying sales using AI.
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“Twitter 2.0 The Everything App” will have features like encrypted direct messages, long-form tweets and payments, CEO Elon Musk said.
Twitter will roll out verified gold and grey checkmarks as it relaunches the coveted blue check service next Friday.
China plans to build a base on the moon by 2028 as the country steps up its challenge to Nasa’s dominance in space exploration.
Mercedes-Benz is trying to sell buyers of its EQ electric sedans an annual add-on that unlocks a feature the vehicles already have.
Eskom’s newly appointed group CEO Phakamani Hadebe put on a brave face when he announced that the group showed a R2.3-billion net loss and received a qualified audit opinion for the year ended 31 March 2018.
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