Shares of JSE-listed grocery chain Spar slumped on Wednesday, after it reported muted operating profit growth for its year to end-September, hit by surging costs including for fuel and promotions, …
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Eskom generation boss resigns his position with immediate effect
Eskom’s general executive for generation, Rhulani Mathebula, has resigned from his position and will leave the utility at the end of November 2022. Eskom chief operating officer Jan Oberholzer announced …
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Prosus gives up it’s stake in Russian’s largest social media site
Prosus gave up its stake in Russia’s largest social network for nothing, walking away from a company run by an executive under US sanctions. VK sold the shares acquired from …
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Vodacom spends record R5.8bn on it’s local network as it battles load shedding
SA’s largest mobile operator Vodacom, which has been battling power challenges and the effects of rising inflation, says it spent a record R5.8 billion on its local network in its …
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Honor, Oppo, and Xiaomi launches a flagship handsets taking on Samsung in South Africa
While Samsung is the most dominant smartphone brand in South Africa, companies like Honor, Oppo, and Xiaomi have recently released flagship handsets they hope will help them compete with the …
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Prasa suspends former acting CEO following ‘serious allegations’ of wrongdoing
The Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (Prasa) has suspended its chief information officer, David Mphelo, in the wake of claims that he was involved in “irregularities in recruitment and …
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Amazon is the first public company to lose $1 trillion in market value
Amazon.com Inc. is the world’s first public company to lose a trillion dollars in market value as a combination of rising inflation, tightening monetary policies and disappointing earnings updates triggered …
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Elon Musk scraps new Twitter label hours after launch
Twitter launched two new verification tools Wednesday but “killed” one of them hours later in a messy start to owner Elon Musk’s campaign to revamp the influential platform following his …
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Adidas appoints former Puma boss as it’s new CEO
Adidas on Tuesday named Bjorn Gulden, chief of rival outfitter Puma, as its new CEO as the German sportswear giant seeks to emerge from months of turbulence. The Norwegian former …
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Big win for Amazon’s new headquarters in South Africa
The developers behind the R4.6-billion multi-purpose complex in Cape Town set to house Amazon’s new African headquarters scored a major court win on Tuesday. The Supreme Court of Appeal dismissed …