Plans are afoot to have all 4m citizens of Johannesburg connected to free Wi-Fi within five years. Zolani Matabese, head of broadband for the City of Johannesburg, said a thousand hotspots for access to the Internet
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Universities have been forced to put their budgets on hold pending the announcement of fee increases for next year, causing serious delays in operational matters. The tertiary institutions have warned that anything below an
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has made his first big share sale to fund his family’s philanthropic initiative. The sale of more than 760 000 shares of Facebook stock, valued at about US$95m, was made by Chan Zuckerberg
The National Trade Union Congress of South Africa (NTUC) has condemned the alleged victimisation of employees at communications regulator following a six-week long strike which ended this week. NTUC spokesman
If you can’t beat them, buy them. European banks are acquiring mobile-savvy financial technology (fintech) start-ups rather than building their own. Given the long history of start-ups that have sold themselves for eye-watering
Roads agency Sanral appears unperturbed with paying over R50m/month to a global transport giant for collecting e-toll fees in Gauteng. The Austrian conglomerate Kapsch Trafficom acquired full control of the e-tolls
Apple has hit roadblocks in making major changes that would connect its Watch to cellular networks and make it less dependent on the iPhone, according to people with knowledge of the matter. The company still plans
Telkom has threatened to launch legal action against communications regulator Icasa over a planned spectrum auction. Telecommunications & postal services minister Siyabonga Cwele has asked the high
Striking Telkom workers have denied involvement in the alleged sabotage of several network facilities across the country. On Thursday, Telkom put up a R500 000 reward for information regarding
The volatile rand was back to its winning ways on Thursday, trading 1,7% stronger to the dollar at R13,29 by 8.30am, as yield players return to their risky emerging market currencies. “Risk on” is back after