A technical glitch has lead to thousands of Capitec clients waking up on Friday morning to find additional deductions from their accounts without their consent. Messages and photos have been posted on social media platforms this morning of people complaining about money being taken without their approval. Capitec said that it was still trying to...
Day: <span>11 September 2020</span>
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Twitter Introduced new feature to help prevent suicide in South Africa
Twitter has rolled out a new feature in South Africa to prompt those with suicidal thoughts to reach out for help. Local Twitter users who are searching for terms associated with suicide or self-harm, will receive a large notification encouraging them to contact the South African Depression and Anxiety Group (SADAG). Twitter deployed a similar...
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WhatsApp Adds New features on Android
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 that...
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Security risks exposed at Marriott, British Airways, and easyJet
An investigation by Which? has revealed that hundreds of cyber security risks were found on numerous travel firms’ websites, potentially putting customers’ data at risk. Security vulnerabilities were found on Marriott (MAR), easyJet (EZJ.L), British Airways (IAG.L), Lastminute.com (LMN.SW), and American Airlines (AAL) websites. Out of the hundreds of vulnerabilities found on these companies’ websites,...
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Today’s Top Business Stories: Medupi belt fixed, Harmony suffered loss despite record gold price
Harmony to suffer loss despite record gold price Harmony Gold has warned that it will suffer a headline loss for the past year. This is despite an increase in revenue thanks to a much stronger gold price.The weaker rand hit its dollar-denominated debt, and it also suffered a loss on a derivative contract. Bidvest warns of...
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Imran Khan’s Verishop Introduce Verified Shops for emerging brands to set up shops
Verishop, the Los Angeles online retailer founded by former Snap executive Imran Khan, launched a little over a year ago to change the way people shop online. Now the company is launching a new initiative called “Verified Shops” which looks to change the way that up-and-coming retail brands can sell their wares. As direct-to-consumer and...
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Black Business Council to give Ramaphosa plan to deal with SA GDP slump
Black Business Council president Sandile Zungu reflects on the country slipping deeper into recession. South Africa has slipped deeper into a recession, with Stats SA on Tuesday announcing that the economy shrank by 16.4% from the first quarter to the second quarter of 2020. The country’s economy was already under pressure before the commencement of...