Elon Musk’s SpaceX flew a reused rocket to space and back again, a key milestone to reducing launch costs and one day enabling people to live on other planets. A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket rumbled aloft, deposited a customer’s
South Africa’s new finance minister, Malusi Gigaba, will have to steer an economy that’s barely growing, fend off a junk credit rating and reassure investors that he’ll protect the national treasury’s
South Africa’s rand headed for its biggest weekly slide since 2015, after the firing of finance minister Pravin Gordhan raised concerns about the country’s fiscal path and its investment-grade credit rating. President Jacob
President Jacob Zuma fired finance minister Pravin Gordhan and eight other cabinet members in a high-stakes power play that may threaten his own presidency and place the nation’s investment grade credit rating at
MTN Group awarded executive chairman Phuthuma Nhleko R72,2m in pay and bonuses last year after he negotiated a reduced fine with Nigerian regulators and shook up senior management. Nhleko, 56, was paid a R30m
MTN’s interim group executive chairman, Phuthuma Nhleko, took home more than R72m in the 2016 financial year, during which time he acted as CEO and as chairman of the crisis-hit emerging markets telecommunications
Ford has agreed to hire 400 employees from BlackBerry to help develop wireless technology at the car maker, deepening an ongoing partnership between the two companies involving in-car connectivity. The shift doubles
You might think your smartphone or laptop is relatively safe from cyberattacks thanks to antivirus and encryption software. But your devices are increasingly at risk from “side-channel” attacks, where an intruder
Jeff Bezos has leapt past Amancio Ortega and Warren Buffett to become the world’s second richest person. Bezos, 53, added US$1,5bn to his fortune as Amazon.com rose US$18,32 on Wednesday, the day after the
WeChat, China’s most popular social media and messaging service, has launched a new bid in Europe and the US to develop its payments offering and win new advertisers. Owned by Tencent Holdings, in which South Africa’s