Convergence Partners ends DiData investment

Convergence Partners Investments has finalised its disinvestment from Dimension Data Middle East and Africa, and Andile Ngcaba has stepped down as executive chairman. Convergence Partners Investments first invested in Dimension Data in 2004 as part of the original...

MTN updates trading statement

MTN advises that it will report increased earnings in a trading statement for the six months ended 30 June 2017, released today. The company advises shareholders that it expects to report interim 2017 basic headline earnings per share of between 210 cents and 230...

Telkom wins case against Vodacom

Telkom has won a landmark case with costs against Vodacom at the Western High Court relating to the unlawful access to its infrastructure. Telkom brought an urgent application against Vodacom in the Court, relating to Vodacom’s use of its infrastructure in the...

Massmart launches Urban Bookshelf project

Massmart has launched its first Urban Bookshelf, a literacy project developed to increase access to books in under-served communities. Placed at Phefeni Recreation Centre in Orland, Soweto, the Urban Bookshelf looks like a striking artwork and functions as a free...
Dancing atoms hold quantum key

Dancing atoms hold quantum key

Dancing atoms could unlock the secret to creating practical uses for quantum computers. An international team led by University of Surrey’s Dr Steve Chick and Professor of Physics Ben Murdin, has developed a way of making phosphorous atoms “dance”,...

Transaction volumes volatile in a flat economy

South Africa’s economic transactional activities – and economy at large – appears to be in a state of volatility with uncertainty among businesses and individuals being the only constant. This is according to BankservAfrica’s Economic...