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    Post Office to retrench workers as jobs axe swings at SOEs

    By Agency Staff13 November 2019

    The Post Office is cutting several hundred jobs, the second state-owned company in as many days to detail plans to lay off workers as the government looks to slash its wage bill.

    Vast Networks liquidation: ‘No one wanted to sign on the dotted line’

    By Duncan McLeod13 November 2019

    MultiChoice Group and Dimension Data decided to liquidate Vast Networks, South Africa’s largest public Wi-Fi hotspot provider, after several attempts to sell the business fell through.

    As it bleeds fixed-line users, Telkom faces its day of reckoning

    By Hilton Tarrant13 November 2019

    In the past year, Telkom lost 186 141 copper broadband lines but only gained 55 577 fibre connections. This has caused tremendous pressure on its revenue line.

    Disney hit by technical glitches as it rolls out Netflix rival

    By Agency Staff13 November 2019

    Walt Disney’s much-anticipated debut of its new streaming video service was marred by technical glitches and crashes for some users, though it still stirred excitement online.

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    By Mark Gurman13 November 2019

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    Tencent posted quarterly earnings that missed the lowest analyst’s estimate after a weakening economy hurt advertisement revenue.

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    By Staff Reporter13 November 2019

    Bank Zero, the digital bank backed by former First National Bank CEO Michael Jordaan, is on track to launch in the first half of next year and is promising innovations to stamp out card fraud.

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