SpaceX will launch Zuma into space this week. No, not President Jacob Zuma. The company, headed by South African-born billionaire Elon Musk will fire a secretive payload into low-earth orbit on Wednesday aboard a Falcon 9 rocket
The bitcoin rate spike, still alive despite bitter divisions in the community that supports the cryptocurrency, has laid bare the biggest problem with bitcoin: compared with fiat currencies, it’s painfully
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Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa said the governing ANC must restore investor confidence and avoid populist policies in order to revive the struggling economy. Bold, decisive action is needed to change South Africa’s growth trajectory
Revenue from data at Vodacom South Africa, the telecommunications group’s biggest market, has topped voice revenue for the first time, interim results for the six months ended 30 September 2017 show. Data revenue in South Africa
First, the really bad… Telkom is staring at a cliff: in the past 18 months, its lost nearly 100 000 ADSL subscribers. In that time, it’s only added 73 710 fibre connections to homes. The trend has been
Qualcomm has formally rejected Broadcom’s US$105bn acquisition offer, kicking off what would be the largest technology takeover battle in history. Qualcomm recommended shareholders spurn the deal, saying it’s an opportunistic
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Vodacom Group shares fell the most in more than a month after Africa’s biggest wireless operator by market value reduced its first-half dividend amid weaker economic conditions in some of its key markets. The stock slumped as