Chery has agreed to acquire Nissan’s Pretoria plant, opening the door for Chinese vehicle manufacturing in South Africa.
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Digital IDs will form the foundation for other government departments to digitise their services.
Watts & Wheels explores the rapid rise of Chinese brands in South Africa, BMW’s response and the future of local manufacturing.
Telecoms industry lobbyists claim Europe’s latest regulatory moves show the “Fair Share” debate is far from settled.
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A nine-week high in the positivity rates and increasing incidence of virus fragments in wastewater point to a resurgence of Covid-19.
The latest bout of load shedding could end by Friday, but Eskom isn’t making any promises. Meanwhile, RMB CEO James Formby wants rules changed to promote investment in renewables.
Walt Disney Co has provided more details about the launch in South Africa next month of Disney+, the company’s fast-expanding streaming service.
Eskom suddenly escalated load shedding to stage 4 on Tuesday morning after the state-owned electricity utility lost more generating units from its fleet.
In an unprecedented development, Eskom has said it will implement load shedding on Easter Sunday, when demand from electricity users is low.
Twitter has adopted a measure that would shield it from hostile acquisition bids, taking steps to thwart billionaire Elon Musk’s hostile offer.
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Uber Technologies withdrew its financial guidance for 2020 and said it will write down about US$2-billion in investments after the coronavirus pandemic upended the ride-hailing business.
Facebook and its partners said their libra cryptocurrency project will now support multiple versions of the digital coins, the majority of which will be backed by individual fiat currencies.
Google parent Alphabet is slowing hiring for the remainder of the year, the most drastic action by the Internet search giant since the Covid-19 pandemic began battering its advertising business.
GoPro said it will cut more than 200 jobs, shift the company’s sales operation to market its digital adventure cameras directly to consumers and withdraw its 2020 financial guidance.
Communications regulator Icasa looks set to lose four of its councillors in the next few months. William Currie and Joseph Lebooa are set to leave when their contracts come to an end on the 30 September, while William Stucke
President Jacob Zuma’s daughter, Thuthukile, may have made history as South Africa’s youngest head of a minister’s office. From a lowly public liaison officer to the powerful position of chief of staff within two months at the age of 25, she now earns almost a million rand a year. Her dramatic rise to the position, which
