Author: Duncan McLeod

Vodacom South Africa MD Balesh Sharma is leaving the mobile operator after less than two years in the role to pursue a new opportunity in Europe.

EOH Holdings shares climbed 9.4% on Thursday after it provided an upbeat assessment of its turnaround plan and pointed to improved financial results.

Icasa has for a second time issued a public appeal to Telkom to drop its litigation over the recently concluded auction of radio frequency spectrum.

Communications minister Khumudzo Ntshavheni has urged litigant e.tv to “desist from further attempts to derail the process of digital migration”.

Walt Disney Co has announced the launch price and date of the Disney+ streaming service in South Africa.

Communications minister Khumbudzo Ntshavheni has been ordered by the high court not to complete analogue television switch-off in South Africa on 31 March as she had planned.

Khumbudzo Ntshavheni has threatened to withdraw financial assistance to the SABC after she took umbrage at its criticism of her decision to switch off analogue television broadcasts on 31 March.

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.