Browsing: COVID-19

Huawei today walked away with the COVID-19 Response Award at AfricaCom. The COVID-19 Response Award recognises organisations and initiatives that…

Africa’s pay-tv giant MultiChoice is planning to utilise its R11.8 billion cash pile to fund growth and the weather the…

Unemployment in South Africa has soared to 30.8% in the last three months, the Quarterly Labour Force Survey (QLFS) for…

by Dr Marietjie Botes The most effective way to stop the spread of a virus is to prevent contact with…

Telkom, South Africa’s biggest fixed-line telephone group, on Monday posted a 25.4% rise in headline earnings per share (HEPS) to…

COVID-19 has accelerated the pace of changes that technology has and will be bringing to higher education and university systems.…

President Cyril Ramaphosa has highlighted preparation – through the Infrastructure South Africa (ISA) project preparation roundtable – as the key…

By Scott C. Ratzan, Agnes Binagwaho, Heidi Larson, Jeffrey Lazarus, Kenneth Rabin, and Lawrence O. Gostin It has been nine months since the World…

President Cyril Ramaphosa and Finance Minister, Tito Mboweni, have retreated from their commitment to the “active scenario”, which lasted just…

In an effort to stabilise the spiraling public sector wage bill, Finance Minister Tito Mboweni has announced that National Treasury…

Stabilising government’s debt will come with difficult decisions, and the public sector wage bill is the main area where government…

Finance Minister Tito Mboweni on Wednesday said that the South African government will spend an additional R6.8 billion to finance…

DearSA attorneys Hurter Spies this week sent a letter [view below] to Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs Minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma asking her…

Integer\Hotspot SA, a Through-The-Line marketing agency and a member of the Matrix Group, has announced its exclusive partnership agreement with…

Within just 72 hours, more than 1 million customers have already joined the new Shoprite Xtra Savings programme. On average…

The Internet Service Providers’ Association of SA (ISPA) says October is the ideal time for parents to turn their attention to…

Liquid Telecom believes there is a massive opportunity to fast-track Africa’s digital economy. The continent’s biggest fibre company wants to…

Woolworths’ top five executives took home R59 million in 2020, but the company’s South Africa frontline workers shared R25.6 million,…

Capitec Bank revealed on Wednesday it has attracted more than 1.1 million new customers on its banking app. According to…

President Cyril Ramaphosa says, as new COVID-19 infections decline and the pressure on health facilities is reduced, the country now…

South Africa will reopen its international borders on 1 October 2020, under alert level 1 of lockdown. President Cyril Ramaphosa…

South Africa has withstood the Coronavirus storm and will move to lockdown alert level 1 from midnight on Sunday, 20…

Staying quarantined for a prolonged period is the last thing that anyone would want to do. But there’s hardly a…

This past week, the national Department of Health (DoH) launched a COVID Alert SA App – in partnership with Discovery…

Banks in Africa must provide mobile payments and other digital services to remain competitive as well as to unlock new…