The ANC’s website has been taken down by a hacker labelling himself “Anonymous”. “The African National Congress has noted that someone calling themselves Anonymous, and claiming to be the legitimate representative of the people of Zimbabwe, has flooded the website of our organisation,” national spokesman Jackson
The Cape Chamber of Commerce and Industry has called for communications minister Dina Pule to be suspended pending the outcome of a series of investigations against her. “We are disappointed at the lack of action taken by the president given that the minister’s public office is under investigation for serious allegations
International journalists stationed outside the Pretoria hospital where former president Nelson Mandela is believed to be receiving treatment were warned about their equipment on Wednesday by the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (Icasa). “Some broadcasters had some
The Democratic Alliance will submit an application to roads agency Sanral on Thursday to gain access to all documentation related to the implementation of e-tolling in Gauteng. DA MP Ian Ollis said this would be done under the Promotion of Access to Information Act
Money collected from e-tolling in Gauteng will not go overseas, roads agency Sanral said on Wednesday. “Of course, everyone is now jumping on the political bandwagon that once e-tolling commences, all the collected monies will be going overseas. This is simply not true,” spokesman Vusi Mona said in a statement
Billionaire entrepreneur Mark Shuttleworth’s bid to have South Africa’s exchange control system declared unconstitutional could have a devastating effect on the country, the South African Reserve Bank said on Tuesday. Jeremy Gauntlett SC, for the
The Opposition to Urban Tolling Alliance (Outa) has raised R2,35m which will go towards its court challenge to e-tolling on Gauteng’s highways, it said on Tuesday. “Just five days later we are able to announce that over R1,35m was raised from the public, plus a further R1m contribution on
Eskom denied on Tuesday morning that “load shedding” has started, according to an interview broadcast on radio station SAfm. According to radio reports, there were power cuts on Monday evening in Roodepoort, west of Johannesburg, Greymont
Billionaire entrepreneur Mark Shuttleworth has taken the South African government to court to have the country’s exchange control system declared unconstitutional. Shuttleworth also wants the high court in
It’s not often that unboxing a new phone or tablet gets our pulses racing. It happened with the original iPhone and again with the iPad, and later with the HTC One X and the Samsung Galaxy S3. Now, a new 10,1-inch tablet computer from Sony, the Xperia Tablet Z, has elicited a similar must-have-it response
