Microsoft said it will buy LinkedIn in a deal valued at US$26,2bn, giving the world’s biggest software provider access to a virtual Rolodex of connected business professionals. Microsoft will
South African regulators are seeking details from India’s Bank of Baroda of accounts belonging to businesses owned by the Gupta family, intensifying scrutiny of the friends of President Jacob Zuma, according to a person close to the
The City of Cape Town has announced the launch of a free Wi-Fi pilot on buses. Wi-Fi has been installed on 10 MyCiTi buses in a pilot phase that will be expanded to all 380 vehicles. “Once the service has been tested
The first unit of Ingula is going into commercial operation, supplying 333MW of power to the national grid during peak times. The energy utility’s group capital division handed over Ingula’s first unit (unit 4) to its generation division for commercial operation
A South African Human Rights Commission order that Capetonian Matthew Theunissen must carry out sport community service following his racist rants should serve as a lesson for others, sports minister Fikile Mbalula said on
DStv subscribers with an Explora personal video recorder decoder can now access sister company ShowMax’s video-on-demand service. ShowMax said on Monday that DStv, which
First National Bank has labelled social media banking as a passing fad but the bank has affirmed that it’s attempting to keep ahead of the technological curve. Absa recently launched ChatBanking
The SABC is right to implement a ban on showing visuals of violent public protests, says Oakbay Investments chief executive officer Nazeem Howa. In an interview about his company’s controversial
It’s no secret that everyone from employers to educators to landlords scan social media profiles to assess applicants. In an age of radical openness, our online profiles often say more than we’d admit in an interview. But now
In a move to crack down on debit order fraud, First National Bank on Monday said it will introduce a new system whereby customers will be notified via SMS every time a new debit order is raised on their accounts. Customers can dispute and