Icasa must rule out private companies storing fingerprints and let operators compete to stop fraud.
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EXSA, already licensed to trade locally, now wants to move electricity across Southern African borders.
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BMW Group-owned Mini has unveiled what it claims is South Africa’s first standalone solar-powered electric vehicle charging station.
MultiChoice Group has created a new technology division, which will be led by Nyiko Shiburi. Other key appointments have been made at SuperSport and elsewhere.
Telkom has kicked off the sale of a stake in its fibre business, as it seeks to unlock value for shareholders and boost profit.
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.
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Zoom Video Communications nearly doubled its expectations for annual sales on Tuesday, driven by a surge in users as more people work from home and connect with friends online.
India launched a R115-billion plan on Tuesday to boost electronics manufacturing, saying it would start by offering five global smartphone makers incentives to establish or expand domestic production.
Since becoming the first 24-hour cable news channel 40 years ago this week, CNN has covered natural disasters, wars and political campaigns. But increasingly it’s become the story itself.
Senior Facebook employees took to Twitter over the weekend to express their dismay at CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s decision not to take action on incendiary comments posted by US President Donald Trump.
Overall, Vodacom and Telkom Mobile have South Africa’s best post-paid mobile plans, new data from telecommunications research firm Tarifica claims to show. Virgin Mobile scored bottom of the list, coming in in fifth place overall behind Cell C and MTN, but MTN failed to emerge as the winner in even a single category. The Tarifica scores
South Africa’s telecommunications industry has “made too much money for too long” and, as competition intensifies and as government and regulatory scrutiny grows, operators are having to become more cost effective and
