Author: Staff Reporter

The website of the South African Social Security Agency, which is responsible for paying social grants, has been down for days following a hacking incident.

MultiChoice Group’s video-on-demand service, Showmax, has been launched in Nigeria with local content and naira-based pricing.

Well-known South African hosting provider Hetzner has changed its name to Xneelo, it said on Monday.

Within four years, more than half of all phones shipped worldwide will support next-generation, superfast 5G networks, according to a new report from research and advisory firm Gartner.

Altron is considering its legal options after the high court in Pretoria set aside the City of Tshwane’s municipal broadband network project contract.

The troubles facing financially distressed mobile operator Cell C have taken a dramatic turn. TechCentral received this open letter from CEO Douglas Craigie Stevenson on Wednesday evening, which we publish here in full.

Spotify has launched a “lite” version of its music streaming app aimed at users in emerging markets like South Africa where data costs can be prohibitive.

Datatec subsidiary Logicalis Group has acquired Mars Technologies, an IT services company with offices in Cape Town, Johannesburg, Durban, Port Elizabeth and East London employing 76 people.

Naspers’s global fintech company, PayU, is expanding into Southeast Asia with the acquisition of Singapore-based Red Dot Payment.

Econet Media has placed its satellite broadcasting business into administration, Business Day reported.