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Tue, March 5th, 14:35 · Paul Adepoju

UBA expands e-banking with innovative prepaid cards

United Bank for Africa (UBA) has extended its e-banking services with the introduction of a new reloadable prepaid card. → Read more
Tue, March 5th, 14:11 · Tom Jackson

Multichoice to fight illegal movie downloads

MultiChoice says it plans to fight illegal movie downloads in South Africa, with many consumers turning to the internet for their viewing entertainment. → Read more
Tue, March 5th, 14:07 · Babongile Matyila

Facebook founders, the youngest billionaires

At 28, Facebook founders Dustin Moskovitz and Mark Zuckerberg are the youngest billionaires in the world with net worths of US$3.8 billion and US$13.3 billion dollars respectively. → Read more
Tue, March 5th, 13:49 · Richard Cutcher

Gauteng to spend US$1.8 million on broadband network

The Gauteng provincial government in South Africa has set aside almost ZAR16 million (US$1.8 million) for the Gauteng Broadband Network initiative, as it turns its attentions to infrastructure development. → Read more
Tue, March 5th, 13:27 · Gabriella Mulligan

Rwanda launches e-Mboni electronic record system

The Rwandan government has implemented electronic record system e-Mboni, in a bid to improve organisational efficiency, transparency and effectivity within the government. → Read more
Tue, March 5th, 13:06 · Brandon Gregory

DA: “Stop Highway Robbery”

The Democratic Alliance (DA) is pushing its fight against the controversial e-tolling system in Gauteng and has demanded a referendum to properly facilitate the public’s opinions on the matter. → Read more
Tue, March 5th, 12:46 · Gabriella Mulligan

Twitter discontinues TweetDeck for Android, iPhone

Twitter will discontinue TweetDeck for Android, iPhone and TweetDeck AIR as of May, citing a preference by mobile users for Twitter. → Read more
Tue, March 5th, 11:23 · Tom Jackson

Free State defends website spend

The Free State government has defended itself over claims it spent ZAR140 million (US$15.4 million) on the redesign of its website, saying the figure was considerably lower than this and in fact included work on 38 different sites. → Read more
Tue, March 5th, 11:01 · Babongile Matyila

SABC say Motsoeneng has not been reinstated as COO

The South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) has said Hlaudi Motsoeneng has not been reinstated to the position of acting Chief Operations Officer (COO). → Read more
Tue, March 5th, 10:51 · Richard Cutcher

Apple’s shares drop to 52-week low

Apple’s share price dropped to US$420.05 on Monday, the lowest in 52 weeks, and continued to fall in after hours trading last night. → Read more
Tue, March 5th, 09:57 · Nanine Steenkamp

Twitter conference promotes educators interaction

A South African headmaster is hoping to connect teachers through social media by running a series of Twitter conferences. → Read more
Tue, March 5th, 09:51 · Richard Cutcher

Next Samsung smartphone to track user’s eyes

The next Samsung smartphone, the Galaxy S IV, could feature innovative new software which will follow a user’s eyes to make reading and browsing easier. → Read more
Tue, March 5th, 09:38 · Tom Jackson

Cisco unveils new financing solutions for SA

Cisco Capital launched a new range of financing solutions for South African customers at the Cisco Expo South Africa 2013 yesterday. → Read more
Tue, March 5th, 09:17 · Nanine Steenkamp

FANCAM owes success to good SA work ethic

South African photography startup Virtual Africa believes hard work paid off as their success story continues to grow with its 360 degree Gigapixel imaging business FANCAM. → Read more
Tue, March 5th, 09:04 · Tom Jackson

OPINION: Free State spending an exercise in gluttony

It has not been a good 24 hours for South Africa’s Free State provincial government, with reports of wild overspending on its website redesign and on a television channel for premier Ace Magashule. → Read more
Tue, March 5th, 08:02 · Richard Cutcher

The Pirate Bay makes North Korea its home

A file-sharing site chucked out of Sweden last week, The Pirate Bay, is claiming to have set up its network in North Korea. → Read more
Tue, March 5th, 07:59 · Tom Jackson

Copper theft falls to lowest in four years

The South Africa Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Sacci) announced yesterday copper theft fell to its lowest level since April 2009 in January, predicting further falls this year. → Read more
Tue, March 5th, 07:28 · Brandon Gregory

DA: “premier Magashule spent ZAR12 million (US$1.3 million) on his own television channel”

South Africa’s opposition party the Democratic Alliance (DA) says Ace Magashule, premier of the Free State Province, has spent ZAR12 million (US$1.3 million) on his own television channel as another “propaganda project”. → Read more
Mon, March 4th, 15:46 · Nanine Steenkamp

Bonfiire goes live

South African conversation-starting social network Bonfiire has launched as part of the Maak Jou Oë Oop (Open Your Eyes) week at the University of Stellenbosch (US). → Read more
Mon, March 4th, 15:41 · Brandon Gregory

Chris Brown to lead celebrations for Ghana’s Hope City sod turning ceremony

American RnB artist Chris Brown is set to perform at a concert celebrating the sod-turning for Ghana’s Hope City ICT park in Accra. → Read more