Embattled state-owned airline South African Airways will suspend all international and regional flights, retaining only the Johannesburg-Cape Town route, as it battles the devastating effects of coronavirus lockdowns.

Telkom is introducing new versions of its popular data-led FreeMe contract and prepaid mobile plans with effect from Friday. Unfortunately for consumers, the new plans offer less value than before.

Vodacom has yet to launch its commercial 5G network – based on a recently signed national roaming agreement with Liquid Telecom – but TechCentral this week was able to put it through its paces.

African Rainbow Capital Investments has attached a remarkable R13.1-billion valuation to Rain, giving it a value 40% above Telkom’s current market capitalisation.

Massmart-owned electronics retailer DionWired is gone. The troubled Walmart-owned retail group said on Thursday that all DionWired stores will cease trading at 6pm on 19 March.

As companies send their employees home to avoid contact with the coronavirus, many cybersecurity teams are facing the unenviable challenge of securing sprawling, vulnerable networks.

Ster-Kinekor, South Africa’s largest cinema chain, is suspending morning and evening movie screenings until further notice in an effort to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus that causes Covid-19.

EOH Holdings expects to reduce its headline loss per share by at least 47% in its latest reporting period, the JSE-listed IT services group said on Thursday.

BMW South Africa is to shut down its Rosslyn manufacturing plant in Pretoria for two weeks because of risks posed by Covid-19 and the resulting impact on demand for new vehicles.

Communications regulator Icasa is “engaging the sector on possible ways of radio frequency spectrum relief” during the national state of disaster declared by President Cyril Ramaphosa.