Shoprite has closed its R&A Cellular deal, taking 51% of the point-of-sale platform serving spaza shops.
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South Africa’s financial services sector regulator has debarred Africa Bitcoin Corporation CEO Warren Wheatley.
OpenAI says its upcoming Astra model is so capable it needs extra safety measures before launch.
Reserve Bank governor Lesetja Kganyago signals a payments bill that will treat fintechs like banks on like activities.
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South Africa has told rich countries backing its $8.5-billion energy transition deal that it wants to delay the closure of some units at its coal-fired power plants.
The Eskom Pension and Provident Fund plans to expand into venture capital to reduce its dependence on traditional investments.
Atul and Rajesh Gupta, who are wanted in South Africa on charges of money laundering and fraud, applied for asylum in two African countries, a report said.
Eskom is considering buying electricity from a Karpowership plant to be located offshore from Mozambique.
MTN South Africa will spend at least R1.5-billion this year as it moves to secure its network against severe load shedding and vandalism.
Cabinet has approved a bill on electricity regulation designed to clear the path for private generation projects and power trading.
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Nasa launched its latest Mars rover, dubbed Perseverance, on Thursday, the first step in the space agency’s newest effort to hunt for signs of ancient microbial life.
China’s government blasted the US for flouting the rules of global trade and business by threatening to ban TikTok, in Beijing’s strongest defence yet of ByteDance’s viral video app.
Google’s $2.1-billion bid for fitness tracker maker Fitbit will face a full-scale European Union antitrust investigation next week, people familiar with the matter said on Thursday.
With the consumer economy in tatters and gadget sales plummeting, Samsung’s smartphone division threatened to undermine the strength it found in shipping memory chips used in servers
The famous theoretical physicist, Stephen Hawking, has revived the debate on whether our search for improved artificial intelligence will one day lead to thinking machines that will take over from us. The British scientist made the claim during a wide-ranging interview with the BBC. Hawking has the motor neurone
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