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Software developer jobs are booming in South Africa, but too few qualified candidates are applying, Pnet data shows.
Iran’s crackdown on dissidents is shaping up as one of the toughest security tests yet for Elon Musk’s Starlink.
Consumers are reshaping online payments as merchants race to meet growing demand for flexible digital options.
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South Africa’s environment ministry is investigating a “stench” that has settled over Gauteng this week.
After recent price increases on some tariff plans by MTN and Vodacom, Telkom has followed suit with price bumps on its own.
Stellenbosch will play host to a planned trial of the feasibility of introducing electric minibus commuter taxis in South Africa.
The number of premium DStv subscribers on MultiChoice Group’s books in South Africa fell by 4% in the year to end-March 2022.
Investment app developer Franc has raised R8-million in “seed extension” funding led by 4DX Ventures and is using the money launch a B2B offering.
South Africa’s oldest private airline Comair will stop operations permanently after lawyers on Thursday filed an application to liquidate the company.
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Mark Zuckerberg just became $7.2-billion poorer after a flurry of companies pulled advertising from Facebook’s network – but he’s still the fourth richest person in the world.
Microsoft said on Friday it would close its retail stores and take a related pretax asset impairment charge of US$450-million in the current quarter.
Two “super-Earths” have been discovered orbiting one of the brightest red dwarf stars in the sky. About half as big as the sun, GJ 887 is just 11 light years away.
Verizon Communications said on Thursday it was pausing advertising on Facebook in support of a campaign that called out the social media giant for not doing enough to stop hate speech on its platforms.
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

































