Author: Staff Reporter

The GSMA, a lobby group for the world’s mobile operators, has warned South Africa against implementing a poorly designed spectrum auction, saying such an auction could fail if not done properly.

Uber will ban riders in South Africa with “persistently bad feedback”, the ride-hailing giant said on Monday.

FNB has announced sweeping changes to its eBucks loyalty programme, including giving clients the ability to earn double their fuel rewards on a quarterly basis with up to R8/l back at Engen petrol stations.

As a price war intensifies in South Africa’s banking sector, FNB has announced it will cut the fees of some accounts and offer free airtime and data to account holders.

President Cyril Ramaphosa announced a new national executive on Wednesday evening. Here is the full list of the ministers and deputy ministers he named to serve in his administration.

MultiChoice, which owns DStv and SuperSport, has filed papers in the high court in Pretoria against communications regulator Icasa over its inquiry into sports broadcasting rights.

Seacom said on Tuesday that it is adding eight new points of presence across Africa, including at the continent’s first Microsoft Azure data centres, in Johannesburg and Cape Town.

Smartphone unit sales slumped by 7% year on year in the first quarter of 2019, according to new data from market researcher GfK.

MTN Nigeria said it has “not been accused of any wrongdoing” after reports emerged at the weekend that it’s being investigated by the country’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission.

Vodacom, MTN and Cell C have all shown a decline in customer satisfaction scores in the past year, though MTN and Cell C lag their bigger rival, according to new research.