Author: Duncan McLeod

Vodacom has cut its dividend payout policy to at least 65% of headline earnings, from at least 75% previously.

Local lenders have gone from building everything in-house to buying the start-ups that outran them.

Spectrum that regulator Icasa set aside for the long-dead wholesale open-access network remains unassigned.

Icasa has identified 700MHz of prime mid-band spectrum for mobile, though none has been assigned yet.

Telkom fell short of its own bonus targets in FY2026 – yet most executives earned above-target payouts anyway.

Eskom is heading for a load shedding-free winter – yet electricity reform has stalled, a top business lobby has warned.

Airports operator Acsa is adding an AI chatbot and augmented reality navigation to its smartphone app.

Flash and Shop2Shop will combine to form a R21.3-billion platform Pepkor plans to list separately.

Bookkeepers, admin clerks and recruiters are joining developers in the work-from-home economy.

Following industry criticism, Openserve has mounted a defence of its decision to launch its own ISP.