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- Home affairs applies for divorce from Sitaby Nkosinathi Ndlovu on April 30, 2025 at 5:00 pm
The department of home affairs has formally applied for a separation from the State IT Agency.
- Pichai warns Google Search could be ripped apartby Agency Staff on April 30, 2025 at 3:26 pm
A proposal to have Google share search data with rivals would be a “de facto” divestiture of its search engine, its CEO has warned.
- Jan Reynders, a ‘towering’ figure in SA engineering, has diedby Nkosinathi Ndlovu on April 30, 2025 at 2:12 pm
Prof Jan Reynders, a past president of the SAIEE and a former Wits professor in engineering, has passed away at age 84.
- TCS | How Covid sparked a corporate tug-of-war over Adapt ITby TechCentral on April 30, 2025 at 11:31 am
Shortly after the Covid-19 pandemic hit, then-Adapt IT CEO Tiffany Dunsdon found herself having to fend off an unwanted takeover bid.
- Finance minister sets date for third budget attemptby Agency Staff on April 30, 2025 at 11:19 am
Finance minister Enoch Godongwana will return to parliament in May in his third attempt at getting a budget passed.
- Lesaka fintech solutions win big at Absa awardsby Lesaka Technologies on April 30, 2025 at 10:12 am
Lesaka subsidiaries Kazang and Connect were recognised as fintech innovators at the recent Absa Commercial Payments Awards.
- MTN vs Turkcell: $4.2bn bribery lawsuit heads to SA’s top courtby Duncan McLeod on April 30, 2025 at 7:02 am
The long-running litigation between MTN Group and rival Turkcell is now headed to South Africa’s highest court.
- Meta launches standalone AI assistantby Agency Staff on April 30, 2025 at 6:09 am
Facebook parent Meta Platforms has launched a separate app for its Meta AI assistant.
- Naspers and Prosus appoint veteran insider as CFOby Staff Reporter on April 29, 2025 at 6:00 pm
Nico Marais has been appointed as chief financial officer of Naspers and its European-listed spin-off Prosus.