Vodacom Group has completed the acquisition of an additional interest in Safaricom, taking majority control.
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Telkom mistook dominance for permanence and lost to mobile; the mobile operators now face the same test.
Takealot is not treating Amazon’s arrival in South Africa as a threat to be survived so much as a contest just getting under way.
Former DA leader Tony Leon has denied his firm improperly lobbied ministers for clients including Elon Musk’s Starlink.
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The long-delayed recapitalisation of debt-laden mobile operator Cell C is inching forward, with secured lenders set to vote on a “compromise offer” next month.
Ekurhuleni, east of Johannesburg, may have a head start in the race between South African cities to buy their own power to alleviate load shedding.
Reunert has increased its interim dividend by 7% to 75c/share, despite tough trading conditions that saw it eke out a 1% year-on-year improvement in headline earnings per share.
TymeBank has announced a big management shake-up, with CEO Tauriq Keeran moving into the role of group executive for growth projects.
Standard Bank South Africa CEO Lungisa Fuzile has apologised profusely for the bank’s extended downtime at the weekend – the latest in a series of incidents.
South Africa is falling behind its African peers in the blockchain investment race, but the country is making solid progress in creating a regulatory framework to govern the sector.
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Huawei’s lobbying spending spiked in the third quarter as it hired a fundraiser for President Donald Trump with deep ties to Republican leadership to help it fight back against the administration’s blacklisting.
A virtual private network provider that markets its “advanced security” said on Monday that one of its services had been compromised last year.
Scientists have taken a leaf from nature’s book in an effort to make clean gas found in fuels, pharmaceuticals and plastics.
Netflix is selling bonds as it continues to bolster its original content in the face of expanding competition.
Imagine opening a computer and finding that the manufacturer hasn’t bothered to provide multicoloured wires in the tangle of cords. Now multiply that tangle of grey wires by 100m, unplug the power cord — and then try to follow the signals from each keystroke through those wires to an answer on the computer screen
Tshimologong Precinct may not ring any bells for most people, but if Barry Dwolatzky has his way, anyone in South Africa’s technology sector will know it as Johannesburg’s innovation hub and the shining light in Braamfontein within the year. With big companies, start-ups, and even

































