The Competition Commission’s first township economy report puts numbers on the gap – and on why it exists.
Top News
Nigeria and Uganda are now closed, leaving Uber in just six African markets after four exits.
Rand Water has been hit by a cyberattack but has said it’s still business as usual, with no impact to water supply.
Hiten Parmar on why South Africa’s electric transition is starting with trucks rather than family cars.
More News
Pick n Pay and Takealot Group have tightened their business partnership by exploring the roll-out of Takealot pick-up points in the grocery retailer’s stores.
Public enterprises minister Pravin Gordhan said an apparent attempt to poison Eskom CEO André de Ruyter will be “thoroughly investigated”.
Africa Data Centres on Monday said it has reached an agreement for peering through Internet exchanges operated by INX-ZA.
Eskom CEO André de Ruyter survived an attempt to murder him in his office in December, according to a report by energy expert Chris Yelland.
That may, however, be the high-water mark as a deepening slump in the technology industry reduces the funding pool.
Many South Africans are still on holiday. Yet Eskom is steadily ratcheting up its rolling power cuts – now going to stage 4.
World News
Electric car maker Tesla plans to introduce a new low-cost, long-life battery in its Model 3 sedan later this year or early next that it expects will bring the cost of electric vehicles in line with petrol models.
Intelsat filed for bankruptcy and said it had obtained $1-billion in new financing that will allow it to keep the satellite service in business while it awaits billions of dollars in proceeds from a spectrum auction.
Google’s takeover of fitness tracker Fitbit could be “a game-changer” for health data that will need close European Union scrutiny, consumer advocates said.
Government apps designed to help authorities track and slow the spread of Covid-19 are struggling to accomplish their goals because of restrictions on data collection built into smartphones by Apple and Google.
The magnitude of Hlaudi Motsoeneng’s power was revealed this week when cabinet was apparently told that his permanent appointment as SABC chief operating officer was not up for discussion. The Mail & Guardian was reliably told – by sources in government and the tripartite alliance – that a minister
Zapper, a locally developed smartphone application that facilitates secure smartphone payments, has been launched in South Africa after the company behind it decided to explore international markets first. The app has already been launched in the UK, Australia, France, Spain, Belgium, the Netherlands
