Pietermaritzburg investigative data analyst Thereza May Botha has developed a system that uses cellphone records to place a suspect at the scene of a crime. In the high court
Gustav Smit, the founding CEO of Dark Fibre Africa, has announced he intends to step down at the end of June after nine years at the helm of the fast-growing open-access fibre infrastructure
Eskom CEO Brian Molefe on Wednesday retracted his previous statement that the lower tariff hike granted by energy regulator Nersa would lead to load shedding this year. Eskom issued a statement
Online marketplaces, also known as platform companies, are sprouting up everywhere and redefining business in every industry. “The Uber of…” has become shorthand for tech start-ups
While finance minister Pravin Gordhan is in the UK trying to woo international investors and prevent a sovereign ratings downgrade, Moody’s Investors Service has placed South Africa’s Baa2
Despite the tough economic environment, technology group EOH has lifted headline earnings per share by 24% to 359c on the back of a 30% improvement in revenue to R6bn in the six
American IT services giant IBM has announced plans to open a multimillion-rand cloud data centre in Johannesburg in collaboration with South African partners Gijima and Vodacom. The facility
The Broadcasting Amendment Bill will bypass parliament’s role in making SABC board appointments, MPs heard on Tuesday. Economic Freedom Fighters MP Mbuyiseni
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Parliament’s standing committee on public accounts has slammed the South African Post Office for the absence of its chairman at a key meeting into the financial viability of the











