Takealot adds Chinese to seller dashboard
South Africa's largest e-commerce marketplace, Takealot, has added Mandarin as a language option to the advertising section of its seller dashboard.
BYD recalls Shark bakkie over spare wheel runaway risk
Chinese automaker BYD has issued a recall for more than 32,000 Sharks sold in Australia. While local impact remains to be confirmed, a substantial portion of the affected models are identical to versions sold in South Africa.
EasyEquities data at third-party hacked and customer information compromised
EasyEquities has notified customers that their data was compromised in the recent attack on third-party compliance and identity verification provider RelyComply.
Nigerian crimelords operating in South Africa busted after 10 years and R100 million
Five alleged leaders of Nigeria's Black Axe criminal organisations are set to face justice in the United States after they were extradited under heavy guard from South Africa last week.
Octotel and MetroFibre owner gets approval to acquire data centre on R15-billion campus
The Competition Tribunal has approved the acquisition of a 50% stake in Vantage’s JNB11 data centre by Main Street 2156, an entity managed by African Infrastructure Investment Managers.
SABC spent R2.5 million on tactic to get South Africans to pay for TV licences
South Africa's public broadcaster wants to gamify its free streaming service to help collect TV licence fees.
AARTO scam targets South African motorists with fake fines and threatens to block licences
Fake AARTO notifications are threatening motorists with licence blocks, vehicle disc blocks, and other penalties.
Capitec warns of fake Takealot and Game websites on Black Friday
The head of financial crime at Capitec, Nick Harris, warned that impersonation scams are rife during shopping events like Black Friday.
Top iPhone 18 Pro Max costs R79,920 on contract in South Africa
Vodacom has listed contract pre-order prices for the Apple iPhone 18 Pro and Apple iPhone 18 Pro Max.
Disgraced minister under fire over R104,635 New York trip with lover
Minister Solly Malatsi has ordered that the Department of Communications recover R15,308.65 from social development minister Dina Pule for allowing taxpayers to foot the bill for a trip she took with her boyfriend while she...
Plan to reduce mobile data prices in South Africa
Minister Solly Malatsi outlined several initiatives from the Department of Communications and ICASA to help reduce the price of mobile data in South Africa by boosting competition and cutting costs.
Vodacom wll appeal court decision reversing R34.52-billion deal
Vodacom Group said it will appeal a Kenyan High Court decision invalidating the government's sale of a stake in East Africa's biggest mobile-network operator to the South African-based wireless carrier.
United States puts visa restrictions on South Africa that target the ANC and Julius Malema
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced a visa restriction policy to punish South Africans who he claimed have engaged in "government-sponsored discrimination" against minority groups.