Procurement failures have prompted the high court to void Idemia’s licence card tender and mandate a fresh bidding process.
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South African owners of 372 of Volvo’s popular EX30 model have been urged to pay close attention to a safety recall.
South Africa’s SKA-Mid telescope comes alive as “first fringes” confirm it is now a working scientific instrument.
ChatGPT Health lets users upload medical records and connect wellness apps such as Apple Health and MyFitnessPal.
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Two Eskom employees and a supplier to the embattled state-owned electricity utility have been arrested and charged with theft, fraud and corruption.
MTN Group’s shares surged in Johannesburg after it moved a step closer to getting a licence to operate lucrative mobile money services in Nigeria.
Eskom will implement stage-4 load shedding from 2pm on Friday until 5am on Saturday, with the power cuts to continue all weekend.
Telkom has launched prepaid fibre, saying consumers who previously couldn’t apply for a broadband fibre line for credit-vetting reasons can now do so.
Less than three years after terminating its roaming agreement with MTN in favour of a similar arrangement with Vodacom, Telkom is back roaming on the MTN network.
MTN Group has reported a 19.1% improvement in service revenue on the back of strong performances in data and mobile money.
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The European Central Bank warned Facebook that the bar for regulatory approval of its planned libra project has been set very high as governments in the region express concerns about digital currencies.
The European Union’s antitrust chief called for more rules to rein in how companies collect and use information, offering the first clues into how she may use new powers to target big technology firms.
At current levels, Apple has a valuation of about $1.02 trillion, putting it slightly under Microsoft, the largest publicly traded US stock, with a valuation of $1.05-trillion.
Facebook’s libra would be blocked in Europe because the digital currency is too risky and threatens sovereignty, French finance minister Bruno Le Maire said on Thursday.
South Africa’s first wind farm was built outside Darling, up the coast from Cape Town. Its four turbines sit on a hill, looking towards the ocean. At peak capacity, they generate 5,2MW, enough to power 700 houses. The only sound they make is a soft whoosh as their giant white blades rotate
Demand for low-cost handsets, regional diversity and differences between developed and underdeveloped areas all mean older, second-generation (2G) mobile technology is set to remain the dominant form of connectivity in Africa for the rest of the decade. This is according to the

































