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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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Icasa has quietly published proposed regulatory amendments in which it wants telecoms operators to be forced to roll over data, voice and SMS bundles for a minimum of six months.
South African Roelof Botha, 48, will become the senior steward of the storied firm, according to a Twitter message from current chief Doug Leone.
MTN Group is working with advisers at JPMorgan on the planned separation of its financial technology business, people with knowledge of the matter said.
Diesel prices will rise sharply on Wednesday, potentially fuelling inflation in South Africa, despite government’s move to slash taxes to offset a price shock.
Telkom has succeeded in “freezing” a pension payout to a former employee it is suing for over R200-million.
South Africa’s national state of disaster, in place for more than two years in response to Covid-19, ended at midnight on Monday.
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Security experts have voiced concerns after Boris Johnson tweeted a picture of a virtual cabinet meeting which included personal details.
Apple has relaxed a controversial policy that took a 30% cut of payments when video apps on its platform sold television shows and movies.
Zoom has apologised to users over security and privacy issues that have plagued the platform, pledging to make changes in the coming weeks.
It’s finally over. Xerox announced late Tuesday that it is abandoning its tender offer to acquire HP, citing the global health crisis from Covid-19 and the ensuing difficult market environment.
Pretoria-based Desert Wolf made international headlines last month after it emerged that it had developed a drone capable of showering pepper spray on rioting crowds and claiming the technology could be used in “preventing another Marikana”, in reference to the violent protest in August 2012 where 34
The current debate over the right to be forgotten, spurred by a European Union ruling that allows people to stop certain Web pages from appearing in search results, is proof – if further proof was required – of the distinct form of public life that is being created by the Internet. Our digital identities are shaped by how

































