MTN South Africa said on Friday that it had been “vindicated” by the Johannesburg labour court, which had found “no merit” to claims by a former employee, Violet Magagane, that she was retrenched for exposing allged corruption at the cellphone network operator. Magagane had said she
MTN and Absa have formed a task team to keep a “close eye” on fraud and “bring about new ways to rapidly clamp down on it”. The decision to create the team follows an urgent meeting where executives from the two companies discussed the recent spate of Sim-swap fraud cases. The special
Green, barcoded identity books will be replaced with identity smart cards from July, home affairs minister Naledi Pandor said on Thursday. “We will begin with the issuing of the cards to new applicants and those who need reissuing of identity documents from July this year,” she told reporters in Pretoria. Altech Card Solutions had
Communications minister Dina Pule surprised parliament on Tuesday, announcing that she’s decided to review the policy on the set-top box control system for digital terrestrial television so that its inclusion would no longer be mandatory. The issue of set-top box control has delayed
The ANC in the Western Cape is turning to mobile social media network Mxit in an effort to attract voters in the province, which is controlled by the Democratic Alliance. The party has launched an application on the social platform, called MyANCWC, to “mobilise voters, educate them, and get them to register and vote
The SABC will repay its government-guaranteed loan of R1bn in full within the next few months, communications minister Dina Pule said on Tuesday. Introducing her budget vote debate in the national assembly, Pule said the public broadcaster was accelerating its payback plan. “The SABC plans to
The government employees’ pension fund is to acquire a 25% stake, worth about R500m, in Independent News and Media SA, according to a report on Tuesday. According to Business Day, the fund already owns a 19,5% stake in Times Media Group, which publishes Business Day and other major titles in
The National Energy Regulator of SA (Nersa) has granted Eskom a licence for its Sere wind farm in the Western Cape, the power parastatal said on Monday. “This is an exciting milestone in Eskom’s move towards a cleaner energy mix,” Eskom CEO Brian Dames said in a statement. “Sere is our first
The Dryver mobile application is Tops at Spar’s initiative to reduce drunk driving by allowing people to create a network of friends using the contact on their phones that can then be used to arrange a lift home when they’ve had too much to drink. Users can set their status to
Playboy South Africa is to end its print run and go digital, it was reported on Wednesday. Editor Charl du Plessis told The Times that the “hurdle of conservative readers” had proved too much for the magazine. “We’re told from the consumer side that people don’t want to be seen buying Playboy
