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The Internet Service Providers’ Association (Ispa) on Monday called on South Africa’s mobile operators to “embrace the open-access spirit” of government’s national integrated ICT policy white paper by launching “genuine wholesale service offerings”. This, the association said

OR Tambo International Airport in Johannesburg has implemented a new Smart Security checkpoint that will digitise the security check process and should help speed up passenger progress through security. Airports Company South Africa

Naspers-owned video-on-demand platform ShowMax has announced it has reached an agreement to peer at the Teraco-managed Internet exchange point NAPAfrica, in Johannesburg. “Streaming video over the

Robert Nkuna is the new director-general of the department of telecommunications & postal services, replacing Rosey Sekese, who was “expelled” from her post after being suspended in 2015. Cabinet ratified the decision to appoint Nkuna, who is

A body that represents the bulk of South Africa’s Internet service provider community has described government’s national integrated ICT policy white paper as “broadly positive”, but warned against lack of proper implementation. The white paper, which has

The office of the public protector has released the long-awaited report into “state capture”. Download the report here (2,5MB PDF). The key highlight of the 355-page report appears to be that former public protector Thuli Madonsela

The public protector’s website has collapsed under a heavy load of traffic as South Africans attempt to access the site in the wake of a court judgment that a report into “state capture” must be released. The high court in Pretoria said that Thuli Madonsela’s

MTN Group said on Wednesday that it has become the first mobile operator in the world to deploy and test an “open optical packet transport platform” known as Voyager, after joining the Facebook-backed Telecom Infra Project earlier

Cell C has withdrawn a planned bond placement to help it reduce its high levels of debt, but the company remains confident it will raise sufficient funds through a planned restructuring to reduce its maximum