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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Promoted | After years of waiting for the Protection of Personal Information Act to become law, many organisations are confident that they will meet its onerous regulations by the deadline.

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.

Airtel Africa plans to sell about 4 500 telecommunication towers across five countries including Tanzania and Madagascar to help reduce $3.5-billion of debt and prepare for looming bond repayments.

As bitcoin begins testing levels last seen at the peak of the end-of-2017 bubble, South Africa has yet another cryptocurrency exchange in an increasingly crowded market.