Author: Agency Staff

Eskom and French funding agency Agence Française de Developpement (AFD) on Monday morning signed a R2,3bn credit facility agreement to finance Eskom’s distribution projects in the Eastern Cape, KwaZulu-Natal and Limpopo. Eskom said the loan

The Competition Tribunal at the weekend agreed to postpone a hearing into the proposed R7bn acquisition of Neotel by Vodacom. This comes after Vodacom and Neotel brought an application for a postponement of the hearing that was scheduled to start on Monday

Turnaround plans at the South African Post Office do not include any talk of privatisation, says the state-owned company’s new CEO. Cabinet on Thursday approved the appointment of Mark Barnes as group CEO

Possibilities exist for the beleaguered South African Post Office to be profitable again, said the state-owned company’s new CEO. On Thursday, cabinet approved the appointment of Mark Barnes as group CEO of the

In the second interest rate hike for the year, the South African Reserve Bank’s monetary policy committee hiked the repo rate to 6,25%, governor Lesetja Kganyago announced on Thursday

Africa’s biggest mobile network MTN has been slapped with a Ugandan court order to pay $662 000 (R9,3m) in damages for alleged anticompetitive behaviour. It is understood that MTN supplied a mobile money transfer

What would frustrate South Africans enough to switch banks? Surprisingly it is not benefits, or rewards, or a cheaper alternative that would make them move, but impolite, rude or uninterested staff. This is a wake-up call for local banks, but South Africans are not alone in their number

Despite the lower cost of Wi-Fi compared to mobile network connectivity, there is still low adoption of the technology in emerging markets such as South Africa, says an industry player. “In developed markets, Wi-Fi adoption in homes is more or less 100%