Naspers, Africa’s largest company by value, plunged the most in almost 10 years in Johannesburg trading after Chinese Internet giant Tencent posted earnings that missed analyst estimates.

Barely four months after joining Telkom’s BCX subsidiary as chief operating officer, Michael Buttner has resigned. He will leave BCX’s employ at the end of the month.

ICT provider Vox said on Wednesday that it will shut its Waverley, Johannesburg data centre in favour of an outsourced arrangement with Teraco.

MultiChoice has launched three new apps for its DStv Now streaming service, for Apple TV, media players running Android TV and Samsung smart TVs.

Intel shares dipped after the company, whose processors power the majority of the world’s computers, revealed another potential security flaw that could allow illicit access to data.

Bitcoin recovered from the lowest level since June and scores of smaller digital tokens rallied as concern eased that investors are giving up on the virtual alternatives to cash after this year’s collapse in prices.

The Chinese Internet giant, best known for its popular games and ubiquitous messaging services, has shed more than $150-billion in market value since a January peak.

The controversial channel supply agreement between the SABC and MultiChoice has run its course, with the two broadcasters signing a new deal that allows SABC News and SABC Encore to continue to be broadcast on DStv.

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