Business and civil society groups have raised major concerns around the government’s plan to allow for property expropriation without compensation (EWC). Source: BusinessTech
Social media and customer insights business BrandsEye has published its South African Telecommunications Sentiment Index for 2020, gauging how consumers feel about the country’s biggest mobile networks. Source: BusinessTech
South Africa’s National Treasury is considering whether it would be better to move a chunk of Eskom Holdings SOC Ltd.’s R464 billion ($31 billion) of debt into a special-purpose vehicle or have the state take over responsibility for it directly, people familiar with the situation said. Source: BusinessTech
Statistics South Africa has published its February 2021 report on liquidations and insolvencies, with the data showing a slight recovery for businesses after a bleak lockdown period. Source: BusinessTech
The trade sector experienced another tough start to the new year, and much of the performance of the sector still largely reflects a Covid-19 narrative, the latest retail trade survey by the Bureau for Economic Research (BER) shows. Source: BusinessTech
Huawei South Africa has revealed the local pricing for the company’s Mate 40 Pro premium flagship smartphone. Source: MyBroadband
Navigating to MultiChoice’s GOtv website for South Africa, the TV guide is blank, the coverage map points to a server that is no longer online, and clicking on the self-service portal results in a server error. Source: MyBroadband
Managed Integrity Evaluation (MIE) has published its annual Background Screening Index, showing how companies are using background checks to sort through potential job candidates. Source: BusinessTech
The number of new Covid-19 cases in South Africa is increasing by 2% week-on-week, with cluster outbreaks being reported in the Eastern Cape and Northern Cape, says senior researcher at Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) Dr Ridhwaan Suliman. Source: BusinessTech
Home Affairs minister Aaron Motsoaledi says that his department is working on a number of tech-focused features, with a number of services becoming digital. Source: BusinessTech
