I let out a cynical laugh while watching President Cyril Ramaphosa deliver his state of the nation address in parliament on Thursday evening. By Duncan McLeod.

JSE-listed Ellies Electronics has decided to apply to the high court for the liquidation of its manufacturing subsidiary, Ellies Industries, which employs 148 people.

Google last month said it would likely pull its core search function from Australia if the government pushes ahead with a plan to require it to pay media companies an indeterminate fee for news snippets.

In a new study, researchers from Purdue University in Indiana, US have shown that pigs can use a digital screen and joystick, operated by their snout, to move a cursor around for rewards.

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MultiChoice South Africa will increase the prices of all its DStv bouquets with effect from 1 April 2021, the company’s chief operating officer, Simon Camerer, revealed in an interview with TechCentral on Thursday.

Bitcoin jumped to a record high after Mastercard and Bank of New York Mellon moved to make it easier for customers to use cryptocurrencies.

Funding for African start-ups slowed for the first time after nearly a decade of growth as investors in the fledgling tech scene were put off by the Covid-19 pandemic, according to venture capital firm Partech Partners.

When faced with such a strong influx from investors, even sell-side analysts have thrown in the towel, upgrading their price targets to chase after the stock surge.