Financially-strapped SA Post Office (Sapo) bank, PostBank, was fleeced of millions by a criminal syndicate last year and faces liquidation, as does Sapo, unless drastic action is taken, business rescue practitioners warned. A criminal syndicate stole more than R89m from ... Read More
Elon Musk says SpaceX is waiting for regulatory approval to launch its Starlink satellite internet service in SA. The SpaceX and Tesla founder made a terse statement on the process in SA in response to a post on X on ... Read More
Vodafone has failed in its bid to be admitted as a friend of the court in the protracted legal battle between Vodacom and ‘Please Call Me’ (PCM) inventor Nkosana Makate. The Sunday Times reports that the dispute over compensation is ... Read More
The Internet Service Providers’ Association (Ispa) has echoed calls by Africa Analysis MD Andre Wills for more regulatory support to be given to SA's growing mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) sector. A Tech Central report notes that Wills said ... Read More
At the end of June last year, the attorneys for the plaintiff in the case Parker v Forsyth NO & Others, at the Johannesburg Magistrate’s Court, were rapped over the knuckles for using ChatGPT as part of their legal research ... Read More
As SA celebrates 2024’s Women’s Month under the theme ‘Celebrating 30 Years of Democracy Towards Women’s Development,’ a glaring challenge demands urgent attention: the alarming underrepresentation of young women in AI and data science. Writing in a BusinessLIVE analysis ... Read More
* A Russian court sentenced physicist Alexander Shiplyuk to 15 years on treason charges last week in the latest of several cases against experts working on the science underpinning Russia’s development of hypersonic missiles. Two people familiar with Shiplyuk’s case said ... Read More
* Last week's AfricArena Nairobi Climate Tech Summit resulted in six African start-ups emerging victorious from pitching battles to various investors. More than 20 businesses operating in the continent's green economy took part in an intensive pre-summit AfricArise Founder ... Read More
Western Cape High Court (Cape Town): Movienet and Pather v Motus Ford Culemborg and Others Judgment: 2 September 2024 Keywords: Intercepted email – Deposit on motor vehicle not received by seller – Incorrect claim brought – Alternative dispute resolution recommended ... Read More
