Author: Duncan McLeod

Telkom has decided it will press ahead with its legal action against the spectrum auction, despite the risk it could lose access to the frequencies it recently secured.

Despite intense pressure from broadcasters, communications minister Khumbudzo Ntshavheni appears adamant that analogue TV will be switched off this week.

A whistle-blower has alleged that the US software giant is routinely involved in bribery and other malfeasance across the region.

The SABC board on Friday labelled government’s plan to switch off analogue television broadcasts on 31 March as an “unsustainable risk” to the rights of millions of indigent South African households.

The Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse said the state-owned company is trying to ram through a “massive” contract for set-top box installations. Sentech has denied the allegations.

Podcast | Simon Dingle and Steven Sidley believe a revolution is coming to the world of finance, and it could mean the end of banks – at least as we know them.

Khumbudzo Ntshavheni has notched up a couple of successes on her watch. But the communications minister now risks making a hash of things.

CIVH, the Remgro-controlled parent company of Dark Fibre Africa and Vumatel, has reported a sharp reduction in losses in its most recent reporting period.

Seacom’s contribution to Remgro’s headline earnings fell by 77% in the year ended December 2021, driven lower by increased operational costs and forex losses.

South African technology entrepreneur Vinny Lingham has a new venture, and he believes it could serve as the antidote to boring Zoom meetings.