The internet industry has warned that blocking illegal betting sites is easy to dodge, risky and potentially unlawful.
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TechMarkit has launched a laptop library to provide computers to South Africans, free of charge.
Tshwane is next in line to be hooked up to Vumacam’s CCTV network, with cameras to be deployed across the capital city.
Cape Town-based Infra Impact Investment Managers has raised more than R2-billion for its new infrastructure fund.
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Former US President Donald Trump, who has been banned from Twitter and other major social media platforms, said he’s working on his own platform to reach his followers that could be announced soon.
Microsoft is in talks to buy messaging platform Discord for more than US$10-billion, Bloomberg News reported, citing people familiar with the matter.
Elon Musk’s SpaceX will be landing its Starship rockets on Mars well before 2030, the billionaire entrepreneur said in a tweet on Tuesday.
LG Electronics may shut down its mobile communication business rather than sell it, DongA Ilbo reports, citing an unidentified person in the electronics industry.
MTN has dominated headlines for all the wrong reasons since news of the Nigerian fine hit the headlines last Monday. The company’s share price fell by more than 22% in the week that followed. There has been a lot of criticism directed at management for this mess as it appears to have
MTN has enlisted the help of the South African government and is meeting with Nigerian officials “at the highest level” as it moves to fight off a damaging US$5,2bn fine by the Nigerian
