The politically connected, controversy-plagued consortium that failed to deliver on the R2bn Gauteng Online Project, SMMT Online (now trading as Cloudseed), may get a second bite at the cherry. The five-year Gauteng government tender to install Internet-connected computer
The Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (Icasa) has been unable to recoup millions of rand from noncompliant licensees. This indicates the regulator is incapable of properly managing the sector. In January, Icasa councillor Joseph Lebooa
Media freedom campaigners say police in Zimbabwe are breaking the law by seizing and banning small radio receivers that can tune in to stations not linked to the state broadcasting monopoly controlled by President Robert Mugabe’s party. The Media Institute of Southern Africa
Vodacom is stepping up its war with Cell C, launching a new radio advertisement that takes aggressive aim at the smaller operator’s new Supacharge prepaid airtime plans. At the same time, Cell C is taking aim at Vodacom in a new print media campaign that questions its bigger rival’s tariff plans
The Internet Service Providers’ Association (Ispa) has called for further reductions in the fees Telkom charges ISPs for access to its fixed-line broadband network. The fees, known as Internet Protocol Connect (IPC) charges, were reduced by 30% in 2012, prompting
A constitutional law expert has called on the government to hold a referendum on the e-tolls project, according to a report on Wednesday. By holding a referendum on the controversial issue, the government would demonstrate an interest in people’s opinions on the matter, constitutional
In a bumper episode of the ZA Tech Show (an hour and 24 minutes to be exact), Brett Haggard gets together with Real Time Wine’s Andy Hadfield and Connect magazine’s Adam Oxford to discuss the past week’s technology news. Topics on the agenda include e-commerce on
First National Bank on Monday said that non-FNB customers can now make use of its smartphone banking application to perform transactions through the inclusion of an e-wallet. Users of the bank’s “eWallet” can perform transactions such as buying prepaid airtime, data and prepaid electricity. They can also
A US computer salesman who supplied sensitive equipment to MTN’s mobile network in Iran has been jailed for violating US economic sanctions. The conviction is damning for the South African mobile giant, as it provides judicial corroboration that the company used sanctions-busting
Stellenbosch-based Mxit has said it will debut what it’s calling the first full-length feature film to premiere on a social network when it begins showing A Lucky Man, a film about former gang boss Ernie “Lastig” Solomon, this week. Mxit users can download the movie
