FirstRand has posted a significant drop in headline earnings for the year ended June 2020, reflecting an extremely challenging trading environment brought on by the Covid-19 pandemic and subsequent lockdown. Headline earnings declined 38% to R17.3 billion, from R27.9 billion previously. Basic headline earnings per share reflected the same decrease to 308.9 cents, from 497.2 …
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Microsoft’s Xbox Game Pass Ultimate and Xbox Game Pass for PC subscription plans will include an EA Play membership from later this year. This was announced on various countries’ official Xbox Twitter accounts on Wednesday, including Xbox South Africa. IMPORTANT NEWS YOU SHOULD STOP SCROLLING AND READ IT THANKS Starting later this year, @EA Play …
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Consulta has published its latest South African Citizen Satisfaction Index (SA-csi), showing what the average person thinks of their local metropolitan municipality. The survey measures the Citizen Satisfaction and Trust in service delivery in eight category-A municipalities (metropolitan municipalities) as a snapshot, including: Buffalo City, Cape Town, Ekurhuleni, eThekwini, Johannesburg, Mangaung, Nelson Mandela Bay and …
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Sanlam on Thursday (10 September), reported a big drop in earnings for the six months ended June 2020, as the group battled through its most challenging period in its history, caused by the global coronavirus pandemic. “This has been just the most unbelievably difficult period, probably the most challenging in the group’s more than 100 …
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WhatsApp has added a number of new features to the beta version of its Android messaging app. According to a report by WABetaInfo, WhatsApp is working on a new Catalogue shortcut and call button for business chats, as well as WhatsApp Doodles for chat wallpapers. The Catalogue shortcut is a quick shortcut within business chats …
We live in an ever-connected world, one where our smart devices all connect to provide seamless integration of data sharing for work and leisure. Your car should integrate just as easily with your connected life. Audi has taken connectivity one step further than just media and hands-free integration with new integrated technology, called Audi connect. …
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AMD has announced that it will launch its new graphics card range on 28 October. “AMD #RDNA2 architecture and Radeon RX 6000 Series graphics cards will bring the best of Radeon to gamers worldwide. Learn more October 28,” said the company in a tweet. AMD has yet to reveal details about its next-generation graphics cards, …
The dismissal of 10 Discovery Health employees over messages sent on a WhatsApp group has highlighted the importance of refraining from making defamatory remarks on online-based platforms. These employees were fired after it was discovered they had created a WhatsApp group in which they “shared information and messages that were clearly prejudicial to and derogatory …
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President Cyril Ramaphosa says that the National Coronavirus Command Council (NCCC) is evaluating a number of proposals around the further easing of lockdown restrictions in South Africa. The president told the South African National Editors’ Forum on Wednesday evening (9 September) that one of the requests he received was from religious leaders, specifically around extending …
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SilverBridge and Astute Financial Services Exchange have partnered to deliver a fully automated intelligent claims processing solution. It uses artificial intelligence (AI) modelling of insurer expert decision-making which enables claims to be processed in real-time while providing maximum risk oversight. “Astute has a proven reputation within the insurance industry for delivering extremely valuable risk scoring …
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