209 Vodacom’s financial services business is becoming a much bigger contributor to group revenue. In its interim results for the six months to 30 September 2025, released on Monday, Vodacom reported fintech…
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How South Africa’s broken Rica system fuels murder and mayhem
238 The brutal murder of Armand Swart, wrongly identified as a whistle-blower, was believed to be orchestrated through a network of phones, including a disposable “burner” phone found on suspects, according to…
MTBPS: Small businesses need more than promises
202 Garth Rossiter says government needs to step up and provide the basics to support SMEs’ growth. With the Minister of Finance Enoch Godongwana expected to deliver his medium-term budget policy statement…
DStv woos customers with free upgrades
188 MultiChoice Group, now owned by Canal+, is ramping up its turnaround strategy with a festive season campaign designed to claw back market share. The pay-television operator has launched “Thol-iUpsize”, a DStv…
JSE denies anticompetitive behaviour as watchdog heads to tribunal
217 The JSE has rejected claims of “exclusionary conduct”, which the Competition Commission said has hampered the ability of rival exchange A2X to grow in the South Africa market. The commission announced…
Bank of the wealthy: CEO costs R76m, staff earn at least R22k per month
265 There is no bank in South Africa that offers less than R20 000 per month as minimum pay. Investec, one of South Africa’s private banks and wealth management firms, has given its…
Vodacom CEO: Rica has been ‘gamed’
263 Vodacom Group CEO Shameel Joosub Vodacom Group CEO Shameel Joosub has called for a “more sophisticated” Sim card registration system for South Africa, saying criminals have learnt to “game” Rica and…
are you using the cloud, or just paying for it?
230 Almost every enterprise today claims to be “in the cloud”. You’ve likely led that charge, moving workloads, trading capex for opex and securing theoretically unlimited scaling. But the transformation promised by…
Contingency fees appeal judgment rocks attorneys
262 Instructing attorney plans to seek special leave to appeal the judgment to the SCA. Attorneys handling Road Accident Fund (RAF) cases and other matters involving contingency fees have been dealt a…
‘Paratus 500’ connects 500 million people across 15 African countries
228 Pan-African telecommunications network services provider, Paratus Group, announces the launch of “Paratus 500” – a defining milestone following the group’s expansion into seven additional African markets earlier this year, including Eswatini,…