Netflix has taken a small but significant step with the launch of its first-ever daily highlights show for the Afcon football.
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Naspers and Prosus chairman Koos Bekker has sold shares in both companies worth about R2.5-billion over three trading days.
The Competition Tribunal has approved the sale of Herotel to Vumatel, but subject to an extensive set of conditions.
The Competition Commission has approved a deal that will see Open Access Data Centres expand its local footprint.
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The UK is considering guaranteeing at least $1-billion of South African debt as part of a deal designed to cut the nation’s reliance on coal.
Naspers, through its Naspers Foundry investment arm, is leading a R53-million series-A funding round in South African fintech start-up LifeCheq.
IoT.nxt, the specialist internet of things company owned by Vodacom Group, has appointed Vasin Govender as its new CEO.
Government is proposing extending a cut in the general fuel levy until early August to help shield consumers from high fuel prices linked to the Russia-Ukraine conflict.
MultiChoice Group has installed a studio at its broadcast centre in Randburg, Johannesburg capable of high-end Dolby Atmos audio productions.
The SABC has apologised to its former head of news, who was dismissed earlier this year, after she was blocked from viewing the SABC News Twitter account.
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Naspers affiliate Tencent is buying certain assets of iFlix, a struggling streaming platform with about 25 million users focused in South and Southeast Asia.
Google will begin paying select media outlets featured in a yet-to-be released news service later this year, a major business shift for the search engine.
The Trump administration has determined that top Chinese firms, including Huawei and Hikvision, are owned or controlled by the Chinese military, laying the groundwork for new financial sanctions.
Brazil’s central bank has suspended Facebook’s WhatsApp messenger payment feature in the country, the app’s second biggest market with more than 120 million users.
The Western Cape government has updated the timelines for the complete deployment of its R1,3bn broadband initiative after an initial contracting period with the State IT Agency and Neotel took longer than anticipated. The tender, which was issued
Telkom has denied that it is underinvesting in its network after the company revealed on Monday that its capital expenditure in the six months to 30 September 2014 fell sharply, with capex-to-revenue coming in well below guidance provided previously. This fall in capex prompted analysts on Monday
