The South African Post Office said it is hoping to prevent a “planned strike” in Johannesburg on Thursday. Approximately a thousand Post Office workers, who are members of the Communication Workers Union, are expected to march to offices of the Post
MTN’s share price was trading down by more than 5% at lunchtime on Monday after reports emerged from Nigeria that the telecommunications group is facing a fine of more 1,04 trillion naira
The South African Post Office says it paid all its staff 70% of their total salaries with the remaining 30% expected to be deposited by 31 October. The Post Office revealed last week that it originally planned to pay salaries in two batches: 50% on 25 October and the balance
The world of quantum mechanics is weird. Objects that are far apart can influence each other in what Albert Einstein called “spooky action at a distance”, and cats can potentially be dead and alive at the same time. For decades, scientists have tried to prove that these effects are not just
Government should consider using the R2bn from selling its stake in Vodacom to fund universities’ funding shortfall, the Democratic Alliance said on Sunday. Another R1bn could be allocated from the skills levy surplus, or the R720m allocated to the international
Two South Africans top an impressive list of leaders that millennials around the world admire: former president Nelson Mandela at number one and Elon Musk at number three. A survey of over a thousand young people aged between 20 and 30 from around the globe
South African-headquartered media and Internet giant Naspers on Monday said it would sell its holdings in online retailer Netretail and price comparison site Heureka to the Czech-based investment firm Rockaway Capital for US$201m (about R2,7bn). The move
Hello Group is a company most well-to-do South Africans have probably not come across. But in the mass market, and particularly in the migrant worker community, the telecommunications and
Free education in South Africa is a goal worth pursuing, especially for students who are poor and want access to tertiary institutions and those who correctly see it as a right and developmental imperative for the country. Germany has attained it. The huge challenge is to
It’s no surprise that Internet and media group Naspers on Friday announced a US$1,2bn (R16bn) deal to become the largest shareholder in Avito, the leading online classifieds platform in Russia, Mof Terreblanche, a director of Stonehage Investment Partners, said on Friday