Private equity firm Thoma Bravo agreed to buy Sophos Group for $3.8-billion, taking the British cybersecurity firm private in the biggest takeover of a UK technology firm this year.

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New research shows South African universities are good at producing academic papers, but not at translating them into innovations and patents. That needs to change.

South Africa has been promising for months to fix Eskom. While little tangible progress has been evident so far, several key decisions are due to be taken this month.

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WeWork is considering a bailout that will hand control of the co-working giant to SoftBank Group, according to a person familiar with the matter.

Facebook’s effort to create a cryptocurrency was dealt a blow on Friday after several key partners, including Mastercard, Visa, eBay, Stripe and Mercado Pago, abandoned the project.

A special general meeting of 4Sight shareholders, at which the removal and election of a range of board directors was to be voted at, was called off prematurely on Friday.

Eskom is approaching the courts in an effort to force energy regulator Nersa to reconsider electricity tariffs for the next three financial years.