Finance minister Pravin Gordhan has called for cool heads to prevail in the Gauteng e-tolling saga, and said the government was seeking a win-win approach for all involved. “Theoretically, if the government wants to go and collect tolls tomorrow, it can go ahead and collect them, but that’s not the issue,” Gordhan told
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Cosatu threatened mass action on Thursday against e-tolling in Gauteng after the constitutional court overturned an interdict to halt the project. “We are going to resist it with every power we have,” general secretary Zwelinzima Vavi told reporters on the sidelines of Cosatu’s 11th national congress in Midrand
In a judgment handed down on Thursday, the constitutional court set aside an interim order that put on hold a plan to toll highways in Gauteng. “The interim order granted by the high court on 28 April 2012 is set aside,” said deputy chief justice Dikgang Moseneke. This was because the high court
Gauteng motorists will hear on Thursday whether e-tolling will go ahead, when the constitutional court is expected to decide whether to overturn an interim interdict preventing e-tolling. The high court in Pretoria granted
Tech4Africa turns three this year. Once again, TechCentral is media partner to SA’s premier mobile, Web and emerging technology event. This year’s event will be held on Wednesday, 31 October and Thursday, 1 November at The Indaba Hotel in Fourways, Johannesburg under the theme, “Unlocking the
Gadget junkies David Greenway and Steven Ambrose join Sam Beckbessinger in studio this week to discuss the new Kindles and how Amazon owns the Internet, BlackBerry’s new super-cheap data plans, the new Lumias, the new Galaxy Note, and much more besides
The podcast crew is drinking beer and using stage microphones on the show again this week as Ben Kelly, Brett Haggard and Guy Taylor discuss Amazon’s new Kindles, Nokia’s coming smartphones, migrating between mobile ecosystems, Windows 8 and hacking Android
Cold calls, spam e-mails and unsolicited telephone offers could soon be a thing of the past if the Protection of Personal Information Bill becomes law. Introducing debate on the bill in the national assembly on Tuesday, justice minister Jeff Radebe said it protected consumers from the unlawful use of personal information
MTN has dismissed reports that its staff members in Nigeria were killed during attacks on its telecommunications infrastructure. “No MTN staff were killed. We are at a loss as to the source of this highly erroneous information,” spokesman Rich Mkhondo said on Tuesday. He said damage to telecoms facilities
Communications minister Dina Pule and her boyfriend are accused of using sponsors’ funds to buy her luxury gifts, according to a Sunday newspaper report.. Pule and Phosane Mngqibisa have also been on no fewer than 19 overseas trips together, the Sunday Times alleged