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
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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
This week’s show sees Brett Haggard and Adam Oxford joined by Dave Greenway, who was lucky enough to visit Computex in Taipei where he checked out all of the hottest happenings on the show floor. Topics in the episode include Dave’s reportback from Computex, the South African Wii U
Construction on Eskom’s Sere wind farm in the Western Cape is well under way but its purported ability to produce electricity at a far cheaper price than independent power producers (IPPs) has raised questions about the repercussions for the fledgling renewables industry in South Africa
The Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA) has called on Telkom and trade unions to resume wage negotiations, trade union Solidarity said on Thursday. A strike would be the last resort as a solution should be found at the negotiating table, Solidarity
South Africa’s first wind farm was built outside Darling, up the coast from Cape Town. Its four turbines sit on a hill, looking towards the ocean. At peak capacity, they generate 5,2MW, enough to power 700 houses. The only sound they make is a soft whoosh as their giant white blades rotate
The Sunday Times should not allow itself to be used by politicians and opposition parties, the Communication Workers Union (CWU) said on Wednesday. “[The CWU] in general is appalled by [the] Sunday Times newspaper editor and its investigative journalists in their tabloid reporting towards
Communications ministry spokesman Wisani Ngobeni has claimed that his house has been burgled because of his role in the department. The landlord at his home in Bloemfontein alerted him about the burglary earlier in the day, he said. “My landlord called and
Roads agency Sanral is using an award it received for its controversial e-tolling system to give the project legitimacy, the DA said on Wednesday. “For this … to be used as support for the building of toll roads, is just plain ludicrous,” Democratic Alliance MP Ian Ollis said in a statement
The department of communications has its house in order and is not dysfunctional, communications minister Dina Pule said on Tuesday. She told parliament’s communications portfolio committee this was happening despite her “difficult” relationship with director-general Rosey Sekese. Pule said