An asteroid more than a mile wide is set to make a pass by Earth on Wednesday, although scientists insist it poses no danger.

Strive Masiyiwa, the Zimbabwean telecommunications tycoon, has launched an appeal for help for Sudan and Zimbabwe to fight the coronavirus outbreak.

Net1 UEPS Technologies is seeking to place a subsidiary that’s been ordered to repay hundreds of millions of rand to the welfare department in business rescue.

With South Africa in lockdown, citizens need to stand up to irrational decisions by politicians who think they know better. E-commerce is one area where this fight needs to be waged. By Duncan McLeod.

Trade & industry minister Ebrahim Patel has effectively shot down requests by online traders to allow unfettered e-commerce in South Africa, saying doing so would be seen to be “unfair competition”.

Government has announced the permissions and restrictions under level 4 of the Covid-19 lockdown, with all telecommunications and ICT services and products available for purchase and trade.

Alphabet said in a regulatory filing that CEO Sundar Pichai was awarded $281-million (R5.4-billion) in compensation last year, making him one of the world’s highest-paid executives.

As bitcoin’s “halving” approaches, the cryptocurrency’s supporters and sceptics are debating what kind of impact it may have on the coin’s value. What does it all mean?

The continued ban on unfettered e-commerce, and a possible extension of this ban beyond next Friday, is “incomprehensible”, according to Takealot.com CEO Kim Reid.

Jon von Tetzchner, CEO of Vivaldi Technologies, returns to TechCentral for a fascinating discussion on the world of Web browsers, journalism and online privacy.