Gareth Cliff is reportedly suing M-Net for R25m. According to a report by eNCA on Monday morning, the ex-Idols judge is taking the South African broadcaster to court for wrongful dismissal. Cliff was axed as a judge on the reality singing competition after a Twitter frenzy
#ZumaMustFall dominated social media over the past week, according to media monitoring company ROi Africa. While it received 11,02% of news coverage, on social media, #ZumaMustFall took up 51,75% of the conversation on social media over the past week
South Africa’s two biggest mobile networks are gearing up to attend parliamentary hearings on possible regulation of over-the-top services. Vodacom and MTN will attend hearings on 26 January at which
About 3,8bn light years away, a star has exploded with a brightness of 570bn times that of our own sun. If that fails to impress you, consider that this is almost 20 times the output
Roads agency Sanral has allegedly started texting messages to Gauteng drivers who have shunned paying their e-toll fees, telling them to pay up or face action, an anti-tolls group said on Friday
An online petition is calling on South Africa’s government to reject calls by mobile networks to regulate over-the-top services such as WhatsApp and Skype. Online women’s magazine
South Africa’s third largest mobile network, Cell C, says that possible local regulation of over-the-top (OTT) services such as WhatsApp and Skype could harm the industry and consumers. OTT services – which range from WhatsApp to Skype and
Eskom envisages a bigger role for itself in the nascent renewable energy industry in South Africa, according to Ayanda Nakedi, senior GM of Eskom’s Renewables Energy Unit. The department of energy’s Renewable Energy Independent Power
At least three top independent technology experts have resigned from a national broadband council amid allegations of insufficient guidance from government. The National Broadband Advisory Council was launched by former communications minister Yunus Carrim on 4 March 2014
Reacting to concerns that President Jacob Zuma’s public utterances are causing the rand’s slide, finance minister Pravin Gordhan told media on Thursday that the rand does not operate on what
