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Naspers-owned streaming service ShowMax has finally debuted a feature many subscribers and prospective customers have been asking for: Apple AirPlay support for iPhones and iPads

Sphere Holdings has acquired an additional 14,2% stake in independent software development house BBD for an undisclosed sum.
The all-cash deal sees Sphere’s ownership in BBD increase to 49,9%, with the charity Student Sponsorship Programme

Communications regulator Icasa “failed in its statutory obligation” to promote competition in South Africa’s telecommunications industry when it approved the transfer of Neotel’s operating and spectrum licences to Vodacom, Cell C CEO

R731,88. That’s how much, including VAT, you’re going to have to fork out to get your hands on the credit card-sized computer, the Raspberry Pi 3 Model B, which has gone on sale in South Africa. Developed by the Raspberry Pi Foundation, the Raspberry Pi 3

Vendor-neutral data centre operator Teraco has begun construction of a major expansion to its data centre in Isando, east of Johannesburg, in a move the company says will create the largest such facility in Africa. The new build, comprising

JSE- and Nasdaq-listed technology company Net1 UEPS Technologies on Friday issued a statement to shareholders saying its long-serving chairman and CEO, Serge Belamant, was duped into thinking he had a PhD. In a statement issued on the

Trade union Solidarity on Friday said a further 300 jobs are on the line at Telkom as the company continues with a cost-cutting programme that involves reducing the size of the organisation’s employee base. The union said in a statement

Naspers has announced it is investing a further US$250m (about R3,9bn) in Indian online travel venture ibibo Group. The investment will be focused on extending ibibo’s leadership position in the Indian hotels category and on additional

MTN’s share price leapt higher in intraday trading on Wednesday after announcing it had made a 50bn naira (US$250m; R3,8bn) payment to Nigerian authorities and withdrawn legal action in the federal high court in Nigeria. MTN’s shares jump to a

Democratic Alliance MP Marian Shinn, who is also the party’s spokeswoman on telecommunications & postal services, has labelled the budget allocated to South Africa’s broadband roll-out plan, dubbed SA Connect, as “grossly inadequate”. “R1,6 billion over