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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Eskom plans to suspend rolling power cuts on Thursday evening as some of its generating units return to service.
The South African Reserve Bank raised its main lending rate by 25 basis points to 3.75% on Thursday, citing increased inflation risks.
MTN Group has exited its investment in Yemen. Its departure from the troubled country is line with its strategy to leave the Middle East and focus on its investments in Africa.
The energy department has cautioned that a retreat from coal must take account of the impact on the economy and the people who depend on it for a living.
Following a “lengthy competitive process”, MTN Group will sell a big chunk of its South African tower portfolio to IHS Towers in a R6.4-billion deal.
Shoprite Group, South Africa’s largest retailer, has quietly launched a basic transactional bank account linked to its Xtra Savings rewards cards.
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The president of Microsoft said the age of self-regulation is over for the technology industry, but new rules imposed on the sector must be not introduced for the sake of restricting big companies.
US secretary of defence Mark Esper warned that Nato allies utilising 5G telecommunications networks developed by China could put military and intelligence relationships at risk.
The trade war is taking its toll on Apple, a new survey of Chinese consumer attitudes shows.
Apple’s top communications executive Steve Dowling is leaving the company. Dowling has worked at Apple for 16 years and been in his role since 2014.
Internet billionaire and Ubuntu Linux founder Mark Shuttleworth is engaged in a high-profile court battle with the South African Reserve Bank in an effort to have the country’s exchange control system declared unconstitutional. TechCentral editor Duncan McLeod asked Shuttleworth
The largest of the current online platforms, both on mobile and PC, is iRoking – part of iRoko Partners, which also runs a Nollywood film platform in parallel. It received investment from US private equity fund Tiger Global and has been expanding its reach and recently opened a South African office
