New SABC chairman Obert Maghuve was elevated to the position as reward by President Jacob Zuma for his loyalty to communications minister Faith Muthambi and chief operating officer Hlaudi
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The race is on to get billions of people connected to the Internet via a global network of satellites. Europe’s Airbus announced this week that it is to design and build up to 900 satellites for the privately owned OneWeb, which includes Richard Branson as a
Telkom is overhauling its free Wi-Fi offering in an effort to make access to the Internet and time online easier for non-Telkom customers at the operator’s 6 000 hotspots nationwide. From 22 June, customers will be able to connect to Telkom Wi-Fi
Democratic Alliance MP Marian Shinn wants cabinet to “review and reverse” the broadcasting digital migration policy it adopted in March to “break the legal logjam that is crippling South Africa’s migration to digital broadcasting”. Her remarks
Smile Communications has outsourced management of its 4G/LTE networks in all its operations in Africa to Ericsson in a five-year agreement that covers Nigeria, Tanzania, Uganda and the Democratic Republic of Congo. The value of the deal has
A low-cost prosthetic hand, designed in Cape Town and 3D printed in Bloemfontein, is pointing the way to a brighter future for amputees. Award-winning academic and mechanical
The National Energy Regulator of South Africa (Nersa) should reject Eskom’s electricity tariff increase because it is “unreasonable, unfair and fundamentally dishonest”, according to energy expert Chris Yelland. Eskom has until 4pm
Shipments of PCs to Africa and the Media East slumped by 9,6% in the first quarter of 2015, new research by International Data Corp shows. Shipments to the region totalled 4,3m units in the first three months of the
The labour court has issued an order interdicting and restraining strike employees from coming within a 100m radius of any of MTN’s premises for the duration of industrial action currently underway, the mobile operator said in a statement on
Hamilton Ratshefola has been named as the new country manager at IBM South Africa. He replaces Abraham Thomas, who has been in the role for the past three years. Ratshefola is a long-serving IBM executive and is being promoted from his current role