Women’s groups, tech watchdogs and progressive activists are calling on Google and Apple to remove the apps.
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Fewer learners studying mathematics at school level threatens South Africa’s economic competitiveness.
Shoprite is adding buy now, pay later options across its retail brands, including for grocery purchases.
Investment is pouring into renewable energy, but grid expansion will determine whether momentum can be sustained.
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Seacom and BT Group have announced a “strategic alliance” in terms of which Seacom will offer BT’s portfolio of services to enterprise customers.
China’s top leadership has grown increasingly frustrated with a years-long failure to develop semiconductors that can replace US circuitry.
The Equiano subsea Internet cable was landed north of Cape Town on Monday, the last stop on the route south for the 12-fibre-pair system.
African start-ups are expanding into Europe and other parts of the world, betting on providing more affordable services with a growing tech talent pool.
Karpowership said its appeal to overturn an environmental ruling has failed in another blow to South Africa’s attempts to resolve its power crisis.
Transport minister Fikile Mbalula has encouraged the public to report potholes on municipal and provincial roads using a newly launched app.
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Tencent Holdings jumped the most in two weeks after White House officials are said to have reassured American businesses that a ban on its WeChat app won’t be as broad as feared.
The enormous rally in tech stocks has further to run, according to analysts at investment bank JP Morgan, who recommend staying invested across the sector for its growth potential.
Apple on Friday alleged that Epic Games’ chief executive had asked it for a “side letter” to create its own game store within the iPhone maker’s App Store.
Major news publishers are seeking more favourable terms from Apple on commissions the iPhone maker collects from them on payments made through its app store.
Love it or hate it, Internet Explorer (IE) has been Microsoft’s window on the Web for almost 20 years. In the rapidly evolving online world, this is a ripe old age – and now Microsoft has decided it is time for IE to hand over the baton. Starting with Windows 10, due for release
You can’t have missed our article on Wednesday morning on government abandoning South Africa’s digital migration project. There’s no way it could have been true – there’s too much riding on a successful migration – but quite a few people were suckered by it
