Source: Business Insider SA Online business registrations are surging in South Africa, FNB says. The dire financial consequences for many during South Africa’s lockdown have forced business owners to change their strategies and business plans in order to...
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Pick n Pay to launch new virtual mobile network operator in South Africa
Source: MyBroadband Pick n Pay CEO Richard Brasher has announced they are set to launch PnP Mobile, promising to offer “more data for less”. While details around Pick n Pay’s mobile plans remain sketchy, Brasher provided some details about their planned offerings. He...
Alviva cautions on possible Tarsus takeover
By Stephen Gunnion for InceConnected Alviva Holdings has confirmed it is in talks to buy rival group Tarsus Technology Group. That follows a report on TechCentral yesterday morning. In a cautionary announcement, the ICT company said a due diligence investigation on...
Altron unit retrenches staff, puts Isando building up for sale
By Admire Moyo for IT Web JSE-listed technology services firm Altron is selling its building that housed subsidiary Altron Document Solutions in Isando, Johannesburg, and is retrenching employees from the business unit. The company says the printing unit was...
Cabinet extends state of disaster for the fifth time
By Nokukhanya N Mntambo for Jacaranda FM Cabinet has decided to extend the National State of Disaster by another month. This will be the fifth extension since the start of the Covid-19 lockdown towards the end of March. The State of Disaster was declared by President...
Apple officially discontinues four older iPhones
By Avery Hartmans for Business Insider US Apple on Tuesday unveiled its new iPhone 12 lineup, which includes four new 5G phones starting at $699. But the launch of new devices means that Apple has officially stopped selling some older iPhones, bringing its total to...
Unpaid provider turns off Telkom tower
By Jamie McKane for MyBroadband A MyBroadband reader has switched off the Telkom cellphone tower on his property after the mobile network failed to pay him for the electricity to run the infrastructure. The property in question is a commercial building in Glenhazel,...
Donald Trump versus social media
The President has had multiple posts on social media removed or blocked for violation of the terms and conditions, and for spreading “fake news”. Twitter blocked the President’s account Twitter locked Donald Trump’s account on Tuesday after he...
Makro and Game unveil Black Friday plans
Source: Supermarket & Retailer Massmart has revealed the Black Friday 2020 plans for its Game and Makro retail stores. Both Game and Makro will be running Black Friday deals throughout November 2020, instead of their previous strategy of only releasing deals for a...
Antivirus pioneer John McAfee arrested
By Sam Jones for The Guardian The antivirus software entrepreneur John McAfee, who has been indicted for tax evasion in the US after allegedly failing to declare earnings running into millions of dollars, has been arrested by Spanish police while attempting to board a...
SAA suspends all operations with immediate effect
Source: Bloomberg South African Airways administrators said they will decide within the next week whether to sell or liquidate the insolvent carrier if 10.5 billion rand ($620 million) pledged by the government fails to be delivered. The business-rescue practitioners...
Government releases international travel rules
By Gaye Davis for EWN Government on Wednesday revealed a long list of countries deemed to be high risk in terms of COVID-19 and said leisure travellers from these lands would not be allowed into South Africa. Countries deemed to be high risk included the United...
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