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Competitive videogaming in South Africa just got a major shot in the arm. The organisers of computer entertainment exhibition Rage have announced Rush, an e-sports tournament to take place annually. To be hosted over

Mobile operator MTN is displacing rival Vodacom as the headline sponsor of the Springbok rugby team, SA Rugby announced on Friday. The telecommunications company has signed a three-year deal

Following Thursday’s constitutional court judgment in favour of former communications minister Faith Muthambi and against e.tv, Democratic Alliance MP Marian Shinn has again called on the new minister, Ayanda Dlodlo, to begin a thorough review of South Africa’s digital

Rand Merchant Investment Holdings, through financial technology innovation hub AlphaCode, and Nedbank Private Equity, through BoE Private Equity Investors, have each acquired minority shareholdings in South African fintech player Entersekt in

Renewing a vehicle licence disc can be tedious and time-consuming process. First National Bank is hoping to change that by allowing its clients to renew their licence disk using its smartphone banking application. But the convenience

Capetonians, and South Africans more broadly, are turning to interactive online maps to see the destructive power of the storm that’s moving into the western parts of the country. The Earth website, which describes itself as a global

Wireless Business Solutions (WBS), the holding company of iBurst and Broadlink acquired in 2015 by the Michael Jordaan- and Paul Harris-backed firm Multisource, has been rebranded as Rain. The company, which is building

Datatec said on Tuesday that it has reached an agreement to sell subsidiary Westcon-Comstor’s operations in North America and Latin America for up to US$800m and 10% of Westcon-Comstor for $30m to US-listed IT supply

The strong full-year financial results published by Telkom on Monday “underscore the correctness” of government’s decision not to further privatise the JSE-listed company, telecommunications & postal services minister

Cell C has unveiled new tariff plans called Connector aimed at heavy voice and data users. The plans offer up to 3 000 minutes of airtime to call any local network, a thousand SMSes and up to 50GB of data.