There is no plan to reissue a R10bn social grants tender after it ends in 2017, says the South African Social Security Agency. In 2012, Cash Paymaster Services, a division of JSE-listed Net1 UEPS Technologies, won the Sassa tender to distribute grant payments to over 10m recipients.
E.tv has been granted leave to appeal by the high court in Pretoria, setting the stage for a legal showdown at the supreme court of appeal in Bloemfontein between communications minister Faith Muthambi and the free-to-air broadcaster over set-top box encryption
The transition to fully driverless cars is still several years away, but vehicle automation has already started to change the way we are thinking about transportation, and it is set to disrupt business
Computer game publisher Activision Blizzard has this week announced that it intends to buy King Digital, the makers of Candy Crush Saga, for US$5,9bn. Unlike competitors such as Zynga, King Digital
First National Bank has added shopping coupons from Shoprite Checkers to its smartphone banking app. The deal allows FNB customers to access in-store savings at the point of
Amid speculation about South Africa’s nuclear build programme, the French special envoy for the French-South Africa nuclear partnership Pascal Colombani is in the country punting his country for
Multisource, backed by former top bankers Paul Harris and Michael Jordaan, plans to capitalise Wireless Business Solutions (WBS), the parent of iBurst and Broadlink, to build a 4G/LTE network
Finance minister Nhlanhla Nene had not discussed the MTN-Nigeria crisis with a counterpart in Nigeria because a cabinet in that country had not yet been appointed, minister in the presidency Jeff
The recent US$5,2bn fine issued against MTN does not affect the cordial relations between South Africa and Nigeria, with government hopeful that talks between the mobile network and Nigerian authorities will bear fruit, a senior cabinet minister has said
Is MTN getting dual-Sim phone religion, leaving Vodacom, the market leader, as the only operator with an aversion to such devices? It appears the operator is at least toying with the idea, announcing on Thursday that it would range the new, high-end Huawei Mate S
