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Spotify has announced changes to its app and user experience, with a focus on creators.

Spotify overhauls app. Now it’s like TikTok, Instagram Stories mash-up

The new feed of visual clips allows users to scroll through music, podcasts and audiobook previews

Basketball is a growing sport in Nigeria.

Slam-dunk apps for basketball in Nigeria

Would-be professionals have taken to technology into their own hands to arrange fixtures and tournaments for their favourite sport

(John McCann)

How to assess our schools’ eReadiness

An easy-to-download app has been developed to assess and evaluate the information and communications technology (ICT) or e-readiness of all government schools in South Africa.

En route: The informal malaicha trade has traditionally been conducted by drivers of vans and minibuses who transport goods from South Africa to Zimbabwe. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)

Malaicha trade goes digital

A new app lets users in South Africa buy goods that are dispatched from warehouses in Zimbabwean cities

Bonginkosi Madikizela said more seats in the provincial legislature would also mean smaller political parties would be better represented. (David Harrison/M&G)

​SAFCOIN launches!

The crypto-currency will positively impact Africa

Taxify’s aggressive expansion strategy is limiting the amount drivers can earn, and encourages practices such as driving for too long and making off-the-books trips, some drivers say. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)

Drivers unhappy with Taxify’s rapid growth

Taxify’s practice is to expand, but operators say they have to spend an unreasonable time on the roads

A mass meeting of Uber and Taxify drivers took place at Zoo Lake in Johannesburg on Monday

Uber: It’s drivers vs the corporate machine

A group of drivers have asked that the ride-hailing company reduce its service fee in light of the fuel price hike

A mass meeting of Uber and Taxify drivers took place at Zoo Lake in Johannesburg on Monday
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Uber, Taxify: Drivers v corporate

Drivers for the ride-hailing apps want in on policy discussions as the cost of living and expenses to run their vehicles hamper their income

Ngcobo had recently started working for the ride-hailing agency before being discovered in a boot of a burnt out Chevrolet Aveo

Metered taxis deny involvement in death of Taxify driver

Taxi council distances its members from the violence, claiming the death of Siyabonga Ngcobo was a fight between Uber and Taxify drivers

In Sandton

Ingenuity, fair play guide efforts to help Uber and meter taxis stay in their lanes

New regulations and an app to appease metered taxis are aimed at easing SA’s e-hailing tensions

Uber drivers say police watched them being attacked by metered taxi drivers last week. Areas such as Hatfield

Uber drivers fight back with spotters

The war with metered taxis has escalated as calls for the government to sort it out grow louder

Benazir Bhutto killed in suicide attack

Pakistani opposition leader Benazir Bhutto was assassinated on Thursday as she left an election rally in the city of Rawalpindi, putting January 8 polls in doubt and sparking…