Standard Bank has become the first African-based lender authorised to clear renminbi transactions on the continent.
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One of South Africa’s leading computer scientists weighs on the significance of the first sub-1nm chip.
South African operators have agreed interim measures to curb Sim fraud while pressing government for Rica reforms.
A network built to be the cheapest is now keen to show it can be among the fastest.
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Telkom shares jumped 8% early on Wednesday after the group surprised with an upbeat earnings forecast.
The gamma-ray burst, researchers said on Tuesday, caused a significant disturbance in Earth’s ionosphere.
Opposition to projects in Europe will drive lithium prices higher, Sibanye-Stillwater CEO Neal Froneman said.
The rand leapt after US inflation data boosted expectations that the world’s largest economy is done with rate hikes.
Technology group Altron will merge three of its IT businesses next year as it moves to simplify its operating model.
Digital insurance company Pineapple has raised R400-million in a massive series-B funding round.
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Ireland hit Facebook’s WhatsApp with a record €225-million fine on Thursday following an inquiry into the messaging app’s transparency around sharing personal data with other Facebook companies.
YouTube has signed up more than 50 million paid subscribers to its music service, a major milestone for Google’s video site that has long been criticised by record labels and Hollywood studios for giving away their work for free.
Apple will loosen rules on its App Store that have banned companies like Netflix from providing customers a link to create a paid account to bypass Apple’s in-app purchase commissions.
Zoom shares tumbled nearly 17% on Tuesday after the video-conferencing company signalled a faster-than-expected drop in demand and analysts questioned its future plans.
The SABC staggers from one crisis to the next. It has been politically contested from apartheid days, used by ruling parties as a valuable propaganda tool since its formation in 1936. The broadcaster has been extremely contentious in recent years
The 16,9m people receiving welfare payments from South Africa’s government into bank accounts should have the right to choose between financial services companies, according to the country’s central bank. A contract awarded by the South
