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SA government asks Twitter users to stop sharing videos of Dros rape

The South African government has asked citizens to not share a video of the alleged rape of a little girl in a Dros in…

More than a million people now use UberEats in South Africa

UberEats is this week celebrating its second year of operation in South Africa, and with it provided a slew of factoids on our eating…

Julian Assange resigns as WikiLeaks editor because he can’t do his job

Julian Assange has stepped down as editor of WikiLeaks… mainly because he can’t actually connect to the internet. The Australian has been “held incommunicado”…

An intense ‘medicane’ is posing a threat to southern Europe

After Florence and Mangkhut, do you need any more proof that the weather is all sorts of crazy this year? If you answered yes,…

Everyone’s wondering what happened to the ANC’s website

If you’ve been wondering what happened to the ANC’s official website, well, it’s down. You can check for yourself here, but any attempts to…

Dros Silverton bombarded by negative reviews after child rape

Dros’ online reputation has been shattered this week after a seven-year-old girl was raped by a 20-year-old man in a Dros Silverton outlet. The…

South Africa fumes online after girl was raped in Dros restaurant toilet

South Africa’s Dros restaurant chain has come under fire on social media this week after it confirmed a seven-year-old girl was raped in a…

Uber South Africa created 4000 jobs, travelled over 93m kilometres since launch

Uber has been in South Africa for a good two-and-a-half years now, and is available in five cities, Cape Town, Johannesburg, Port Elizabeth, Durban…

Alibaba sold goods worth $476bn in fiscal year 2015

For the fiscal year ending 30 March 2016, Alibaba’s China retail marketplace platforms sold goods worth more than 3 trillion yuan, about US$476-billion. This…

Intel co-founder Andy Grove dies, aged 79

“Success breeds complacency. Complacency breeds failure. Only the paranoid survive”. Those are the words that have been most commonly used as the tech world…

FC Barcelona star Lionel Messi is now Huawei’s global brand ambassador

Huawei has announced that it has appointed FC Barcelona footballer Lionel Messi as its Global Brand Ambassador. Huawei is a Chinese global leading company…

BidorBuy, BitX partner to offer Bitcoin as payment method

South African online marketplace BidorBuy will now be offering Bitcoin as a payment option for customers. The service is offered in partnership with Bitcoin payment…

You can now boost video quality on Opera Mini for Android

Opera Mini has long been an important tool for bringing mobile web access to people in markets where data is expensive. Thing is, until…

Nomanini vendors in Mozambique can now top up using MPesa

This is interesting. Enterprise payment platform provider Nomanini has integrated with M-Pesa in Mozambique enabled via its local country partner, Mozambique Mobile Solutions (MMS),…

Founder of 4Chan joins Google+ team to build communities

Christopher Poole, founder of the image-based bulletin board 4Chan has announced his new position at Google. Poole made the announcement in a post on Tumblr….

Gawker Media signs union contract with its employees, the first at a digital media company

Gawker Media, a New York based online media company and blog network, founded and owned by Nick Denton, has announced that it has struck…

FitKey users can now earn Multiply points

Insurance and healthcare providers are desperate for their customers to be fit and healthy. It makes sense too, the healthier those customers are, the…

Naspers injects R3.9bn into Indian online travel play

Emerging markets internet and media giant Naspers this week announced that it would be pumping another US$250-million into Indian online travel outfit Ibibo. The…

Zambia to get solar-powered WiFi network

This is interesting. Zambia’s capital Lusaka is set to get a solar-powered WiFi network, courtesy of a company called Plexus Wifi. The pay-as-you-go network…

This tech hub wants to change the way Africa approaches disease outbreaks

Every year hundreds of thousands of Africans die of malaria, HIV/Aids, and a variety of other communicable diseases. The cost on lives, economies, and…

Animation students win big at Cape Town International Animation Festival

If anything is to be taken away from the Cape Town International Animation Festival, which ran from 18-21 February 2016, at the River Club,…

You can now top up AlwaysOn Wi-Fi at Pick n Pay

Wi-Fi service provider AlwaysOn has announced a deal that will allow users to top their accounts by buying vouchers at Pick n Pay. The…

Uber plans to create 75k jobs in India’s Maharashtra state

When Uber entered South Africa, it experienced difficulties with meter taxi associations and the government. With almost each city Uber has launched in, its…

Samsung Unveils Galaxy S26 Series: The Most Intuitive Galaxy AI Phone Yet

Netflix Paramount Trump Clash Escalates As Streaming Power Meets Political Pressure

The Future of Forex Brokers in South Africa – Consolidation, Regulation, or Exit?

Innovate47 Launches Global Food & Agri Accelerator to Back Climate-Smart Startups

Simbi Wabote’s 10-Year Roadmap: How Nigeria Achieved 54% Local Content Growth

Records Tumble In Best Year Yet For South Africa’s Hedge Fund Industry

OPPO Reno15 Series Lands In South Africa With Big Cameras And Bigger Battery Ambitions

OPPO Reno15 Series Brings Flagship-Level Hardware Logic to the Mid-Tier in South Africa

HONOR’s customer first strategy is reshaping South Africa’s smartphone market

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