The ANC wants to deal with the negative way it is being portrayed in the media and will accelerate a parliamentary inquiry into establishing a Media Appeals Tribunal, the party’s communications subcommittee member Lindiwe Zulu said on Sunday. “The feeling
Presenting a report on basic education, higher education, health and science & technology, science & technology minister Naledi Pandor said more could be done to improve South Africa’s education system. “Comrades [in commissions] expressed the need to
The constitutional court will have the final say on whether public protector Thuli Madonsela’s findings are binding. However, for now the supreme court of appeal’s judgment against the SABC this week has set a precedent. The public broadcaster had ignored
SABC chief operating officer Hlaudi Motsoeneng wants to challenge his suspension in the constitutional court, the public broadcaster announced on Friday. “The SABC has instructed its lawyers to lodge an urgent appeal with the constitutional court in regards
A team from the University of Cape Town has broken a long-standing water rocket record. The new record of 830m surpassed the eight-year-old record of 623m set by US Water Rockets and the achievement was ratified by the Water Rocket Achievement World Record Association on Wednesday
A local network neutrality policy could boost the market dominance of international streaming providers such as Netflix, says an expert. Net neutrality is the concept of treating all Web traffic equally. It further involves website owners and consumers not having to pay extra for a
South Africa is not facing challenges when it comes to international connectivity landing on its shores, says Seacom CEO Byron Clatterbuck. In the past six years, South Africa has been connected to numerous undersea broadband cables that have brought much-needed bandwidth to the country
South Africa is far behind Europe and the US when it comes to the corporate sector being connected to fibre broadband. This is according to the CEO of pan-African telecom services company Seacom, Byron Clatterbuck. Big metropolitan areas in South Africa
South Africa leads in mobile application downloads in the sub-Saharan Africa market as consumers in Nigeria, Ghana and Kenya race to catch up, says an international organisation. The GSM Association revealed in its Mobile Economy Report for
Mobile operators have made a significant contribution to the sub-Saharan economy in the past year, an international organisation has found. According to the GSM Association, the mobile industry
