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South Africa’s consumer confidence remains depressed as the economy remains in the grip of “stagflation”, the latest FNB/BER Consumer Confidence Index revealed on Tuesday

Open-access fibre telecommunications infrastructure provider DFA (Dark Fibre Africa) has acquired a “significant minority stake” in fibre-to-the-home specialist SA Digital Villages for an undisclosed sum. The transaction will see

The City of Cape Town is rolling out fibre broadband access to all buildings in the central business district as part of its investment into a municipal broadband network project. The city announced on Tuesday that it had connected an additional

Fibre broadband infrastructure provider Metrofibre Networx has reached an agreement with Link Africa that will see it replace all of the links for its core network with its own fibre over the next two years. Until now, the company has leased the fibre links for its core

Troubled technology group Altron has signed a binding agreement to dispose of its long-held subsidiary Aberdare Group for R1,2bn in cash. Altron subsidiary Powertech, which owns Aberdare, has entered into binding agreements to sell Hengtong Optic

There was fear and uncertainty among staff at Gupta-owned broadcaster ANN7 after they were told that they might not be getting their salaries. An employee at ANN7, who asked not named, said that staff were frightened and had been job hunting without any luck

One in every thousand homes in the world is now listed on Airbnb. Founded in 2008 in San Francisco, the website brings hosts and accommodation seekers together with more than 2,2m listings in 34 000 cities and 191 countries around the

MultiChoice has announced that is has added 22 channels to its DStv Now streaming service, bringing the total number of live channels to 46 and stepping up the rivalry with sister company ShowMax. DStv Now can be accessed online

Have you already had just about all the Jacob Zuma news you can handle for 2016? Are you fed up with reading about the president’s foibles? Well, a new Web browser extension for the popular Google Chrome is here to help. The extension, developed by

Eskom is ramping up efforts to improve its finances, with new agreements with defaulting municipalities and improved revenue collection from prepaid meters in Soweto. It’s been a year since Eskom started its tough stance against municipalities that