Samsung Electronics may launch its flagship Galaxy S smartphones more than a month earlier than expected in a bid to grab market share from Huawei and fend off competition from Apple.

Think Michelangelo vs Da Vinci. Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier. Batman vs Superman. Another epic rivalry is rejoined this week when Sony and Microsoft go head to head with the next generation of their blockbuster consoles.

Apple has suspended new business with key supplier Pegatron after discovering labour violations at a student workers’ programme, taking strong action to clean up its Chinese-focused production chain.

China’s move to halt Ant Group’s massive stock debut could reduce the fintech giant’s value by as much as $140-billion, according to analysts’ revised estimates.

Debt-ridden Eskom may eliminate carbon emissions at its power plants only by 2050, according to a government taskforce.

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Virgin Mobile, the first virtual mobile network operator to be launched in South Africa, has been placed into voluntary business rescue.

Andile Ngcaba, the former chairman of Dimension Data Middle East & Africa, is suing the company over alleged racial discrimination and after it allegedly violated an undertaking over equal pay.