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- Date set for big sports streaming legal battleWalt Disney, Fox, and Warner Bros. Discovery planned to launch a massive sports streaming service last month, but were blocked temporarily pending a full trial. Read more »
- South Africa greenlights HP Enterprise’s R252-billion deal to acquire Juniper NetworksThe buying price represents more than half of HP Enterprise's market cap and a 32% premium on Juniper's closing share price on 8 January 2024. Read more »
- South Africa’s new driving licence card circusSouth Africa's new driving licence card saga has been plagued with false promises by government officials, unacknowledged delays, suspicious tender practices, and alleged ballooning costs. Read more »
- Major cybersecurity company suffers data breachThe Sunnyvale, California-based company, which sells network security solutions, said it has communicated directly with its customers on the matter. Read more »
- UK arrests teenager for London Tube hackingThe cyberattack on Transport for London, which oversees Europe’s largest metro system, exposed some customer data, including 5,000 bank account numbers of people who had processed refunds on their Oyster cards. Read more »
- Telkom’s plan to compete against DStvTelkom plans to launch a content platform with Netflix, Amazon Prime, Disney+, and other streaming services for one fee. Read more »
- Experience the future of uninterrupted home connectivity with Vodacom Uncapped Fibre from AxxessAxxess is offering great deals on Vodacom Uncapped Fibre – starting as low as R499 per month. Read more »
- Pravin Gordhan has diedFormer minister and Sars Commissioner Pravin Gordhan has passed away. Read more »
- South African online store shuts its doorsThe e-commerce company struggled to compete against Temu, suffered a setback when Google suspended its advertiser account, and was hit by internal fraud. Read more »
- Starlink and Vodacom/Vumatel deal show how South Africa kills progressSouth Africa’s regulatory and competition authorities are damaging innovation and progress, which are desperately needed to bolster economic growth. Read more »
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