Gupta-owned company Oakbay Investments made contact with President Jacob Zuma and cabinet ministers to express its “deep disappointment” at banks closing its accounts, it was revealed in a leaked letter to staff on
Internet ride-sharing app Uber says a “small number” of its Cape Town drivers have decided to stop partnering with the service amid price decreases of up to 20%. Uber this week announced it will drop prices from 7 April in Johannesburg
South Africa’s most-used social network, Facebook, will this weekend remind South African users to register to vote – the last chance they’ll have to do so before the local government elections on 3 August. It’s the first-ever voter registration campaign that
National treasury was praised for managing to attract interest in its new US$1,25bn 10-year bond issuance on the international capital market on Friday. South Africa issued its first international bond in two years on Thursday to fund its budget
Fibre optics allow for the communication of data at the speed of light. But the amount of data that can be sent along any optic fibre is limited by how much information you can encode into the light wave travelling through it. Currently, optic-fibre technology uses
President Jacob Zuma was booed on Thursday evening in Pretoria when he was leaving the council chambers where the National House of Traditional Leaders held a debate. A large crowd had gathered at the Sammy Marks Square to get a glimpse
There is and always has been an inherent tension between an individual’s right to data privacy and wider security concerns. This is unlikely to change, although the priority may shift depending on the geopolitical or security context. The important thing
An Uber driver was hijacked outside Cape Town International Airport on Thursday night, the company confirmed. “We have been in touch with the rider and driver-partner to offer our support and we are relieved to hear both of them are okay,” an Uber
Home affairs minister Malusi Gigaba and President Jacob Zuma launched the department of home affairs’ electronic channel (e-Channel) project on Thursday. Gigaba said the department collaborated with four major banks to
Internet ride-sharing app Uber says it could theoretically reduce Johannesburg traffic by almost a million cars if it introduces its car pooling option in South Africa. Uber launched in South Africa in 2013, and the service is available in