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Reserve Bank exploring feasibility of digital currency for South Africa

The South African Reserve Bank (SARB) has announced that it has started a study to investigate the feasibility of a digital currency for the…

Paymenow salary advance app now lets users buy Shoprite, Checkers groceries

Salary advance payment platform Paymenow has announced its app users can now purchase items and redeem funds directly from Shoprite outlets. The Stellenbosch fintech…

Contactless payments overtake traditional chip and PIN – FNB

First National Bank (FNB) has revealed contactless payments have surpassed traditional chip and PIN payments among its card users for the first time ever….

Stats SA pilot census to use online registration

The Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) Census 2021 Pilot will use online registration in conjuction with traditional data-gathering methods, offering residents an alternative to…

Zoom to launch Events platform for conferences, activities

Zoom has announced it will launch a platform on which users can create, host, and monetise events such as conferences and summits. The company…

Google releases Android 12 beta: Here are the highlights

Google has taken the wraps off of its first beta of Android 12, the next generation of the company’s mobile OS, highlighting several new…

Telkom expands International Roaming for prepaid customers

Telkom has launched full international roaming services for its prepaid and Top-Up customers to make calls and browse the internet. The service provider announced…

Eskom announces Stage 2 load shedding returns to South Africa tonight

Happy December! After the fuel price increased this week and the drama that is SAA, prepare for some more good news. Eskom on Thursday…

South Africa received more spam calls and SMSes in 2019 than ever before

Spam calls. You’d probably rather receive a lump of coal in your stock this Christmas, but it’s an annoyance that affects all phone owners…

Makro on WhatsApp lets users find catalogues, ask questions and more

Have you added Makro as a contact on WhatsApp? Maybe you should. If you shop at the bulk retailer often, you can now shun…

South Africa’s petrol price jumps 22c per litre in December

Happy December! Or well, it was until the change to South Africa’s petrol price was confirmed on Tuesday, weighing on consumer’s pockets like a…

Clicks ClubCard members can now earn points for filling up at Engen

Engen and Clicks are partnering to bring new rewards opportunities to Clicks ClubCard members. Clicks ClubCard users will now be able to earn loyalty…

China to ban the publishing of fake news and deepfakes online

A report by Reuters on Saturday revealed that China is planning to end the spread of fake news by completing banning the content online….

Record Black Friday for the US sees $7.4bn in sales, buoyed by mobile

Unsurprisingly, Black Friday 2019 was the biggest ever edition of the hallowed shopping day, racking up $7.4-billion in sales alone in the United States….

Mbalula to visit Cape Town Station after train fire disrupts service, destroys trains

Cape Town’s Metrorail network was brought to a standstill this morning, after a train fire gutted several carriages at Cape Town Station. The fire,…

Checkers’ Sixty60 grocery delivery service debuts in Cape Town, Sandton

Checkers on Monday, and just in time for Black Friday, announced its on-demand grocery delivery service that promises to deliver within an hour. It’s…

Another tornado reported near Ulundi, SAWS issues more severe storm warnings

KwaZulu-Natal is fast becoming the tornado capital of South Africa, after the second tornado of the weekend was reported in Ulundi on Saturday. Images…

SAWS confirms a tornado struck Utrecht, KwaZulu-Natal on Friday night

Another tornado on Friday struck the KwaZulu-Natal town of Utrecht, the South African Weather Service (SAWS) confirmed. In two statements posted to Twitter, the…

SAWS explains why the Bapsfontein ‘tornadoes’ were just ‘gustnadoes’

The South African Weather Service (SAWS) on Thursday issued an educational media release describing the differences between tornadoes and “gustnadoes” which were observed in…

Old Mutual ‘regrets the distress’ caused by dead body funeral claim incident

Following Wednesday’s outcry over a viral video of a family dragging a body to an Old Mutual office in KwaZulu-Natal for proof of death,…

These are the popular apps on Huawei’s AppGallery in South Africa

Huawei, at its Developer Day in Cape Town on Thursday, revealed more about its budding ecosystem, growth in South Africa, and its AppGallery. The…

Parts of Gauteng lashed by heavy rain, flooding witnessed by social media

Portions of Gauteng have been hit by heavy rains and flooding on Wednesday according to video reports on social media and warnings by the…

South Africa ‘cancels’ Old Mutual after body arrives at offices for proof of death

South Africans want to “cancel” Old Mutual after a video showing a family dragging a body bag out of the company’s offices in KwaZulu-Natal…

Maziv’s Fibre Push Brings Rural South Africa Closer to True High-Speed Internet

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

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

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