Facebook said a shift in the setup of its computer servers caused a widespread outage described as the largest ever recorded to hit the social media network and its other services.

Standard Bank Group expects to close 91 branches across South Africa, most by the end of June, in a move that may affect about 1 200 employees.

Parliament’s portfolio committee on communications has adopted a final report that recommends eight candidates to fill the SABC board.

Huge Group is acquiring Otel in a share-swap deal involving its subsidiary, Huge Networks, the JSE-listed telecommunications specialist said in a statement to shareholders after markets closed on Thursday.

Technology group Altron said on Thursday that is has appointed Cedric Miller as its new chief financial officer. He will join the group on 1 May.

The latest plants built by South Africa’s financially strapped power utility experienced outages on Thursday that led to ongoing electricity cuts.

Facebook is under criminal investigation in the US over the alleged sharing of user data with some of the world’s biggest technology firms, a report has claimed.

Promoted | Durban-based commercial litho and digital print business Lithomaster has boosted its revenue and growth with the purchase of two new Xerox printers.

Eskom implemented stage-one rotational load shedding on Thursday, then progressed the blackouts to stage two later in the day. The state-owned utility blamed a “shortage of capacity” for the move.

A Google employee has broken the world record for the most accurate value of pi, putting the number of digits at 31 415 926 535 897.