Square will make a hardware wallet for bitcoin, the payments company confirmed in a tweet on Thursday shortly before a senior US politician flagged growing risks posed by the cryptocurrency market.

Nigeria’s revenue service said on Thursday it had instructed banks to freeze the accounts of media entertainment firm MultiChoice Africa and its Nigerian subsidiary.

Mr Price Group is a step closer to scooping up online retail kitchenware pioneer Yuppiechef after the Competition Commission on Thursday announced its backing of the acquisition.

Regulators have been struggling to get a grip on the burgeoning world of cryptocurrencies. It’s increasingly important that they succeed, and soon.

Billions – real billions – are getting pilfered annually through a variety of cryptocurrency scams. The way things are going, this will only get worse.

Democratic Alliance MP and long-serving shadow deputy minister of communications Cameron Mackenzie has passed away, the party said in a statement on Thursday.

Nedbank plans to shift to a “hybrid workforce model” with a significant percentage of the bank’s employees not working in the group’s offices daily.

Steve Ballmer, the former CEO of Microsoft, has a net worth of more than $100-billion, making him the ninth person in the world to reach that lofty plateau.

Thirty-seven US state and district attorneys-general have sued Google, alleging it bought off competitors and used restrictive contracts to unlawfully maintain a monopoly for its app store.

Former President Jacob Zuma turned himself in to police on Wednesday to begin 15 months in jail for contempt of court.