The alliance banking deal lets South Africa’s biggest retailer expand its financial services without becoming a bank.
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MTN says it and Cell C have not agreed on certain terms of their commercial relationship.
ACT’s Nomvuyiso Batyi explains why South Africa’s telcos won’t back Icasa’s biometric Sim rules as drafted.
A new chief digital officer and strategy head complete six senior appointments at the troubled State IT Agency this financial year.
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Eskom said it would shorten power cuts from Tuesday morning, but electricity shortages look set to continue at least into 2024.
Opposition politicians and South Africa’s biggest labour union say they’re readying a lawsuit as blackouts cripple the nation.
The rand slumped on Monday as investor concerns mounted over a power crisis that prompted President Cyril Ramaphosa to cancel a trip to Davos.
Despite criticism, BMW appears to be doubling down on its decision to charge owners of its cars subscription fees to access services and features.
Shares in MTN Group took a smack on Monday after it said it was facing a R13-billion claim from Ghana’s tax authority.
President Cyril Ramaphosa will no longer attend the World Economic Forum in Davos due to the ongoing energy crisis.
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The UK said it will spend £1.2-billion – about R23.3-billion – on developing the most powerful weather and climate supercomputer in the world.
Boris Johnson is coming under renewed pressure from key British allies over his controversial decision to give Chinese technology giant Huawei a role in building the UK’s 5G network infrastructure.
US secretary of defence Mark Esper warned that Beijing is moving further outside the international order and that allies using Chinese technology risk undermining Nato.
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg is to offer public support for international tax reform which would see technology giants pay more tax in Europe.
Acting SABC chief operating officer Hlaudi Motsoeneng was appointed irregularly to the position and committed fraud by lying repeatedly about his qualifications. These are just two of a wide number of damning findings in a report by public protector
Despite a number of retail price skirmishes in South Africa’s mobile telecommunications industry in 2013, the prepaid tariffs levied by South Africa’s two incumbent mobile operators, Vodacom and MTN, remain “expensive” relative to the rest of the

































