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Vodacom customers who had their accounts debited twice will be refunded by Monday, according to the cellphone company. On Friday, a number of Vodacom customers complained that their accounts had been debited twice. In an SMS to customers on Friday

If you were experiencing any problems with the messaging service WhatsApp on New Year’s Eve, you were not alone. Users across the globe complained that their WhatsApp messages weren’t going through. Some of them thought that is was connection

South Africa’s third largest mobile network, Cell C, said on Wednesday that its board has accepted an offer from Blue Label Telecoms to acquire 35% of the company for R4bn. The boards of Cell C and its

The 2015 class of matriculants writing the department of basic education’s national senior certificate exams performed worse than last year’s class, monitoring body Umalusi said on Wednesday

The fantasy drama Game of Thrones once again topped the list of the most pirated and illegally downloaded television shows of the year for the fourth year in a row. Interestingly, eight out of the top 10 list of most pirated TV shows are shown in South Africa by M-Net, across its range of channels on DStv

South African online classified websites were this week overflowing with post-Christmas offers to sell various goods. It was however unclear if they were unwanted gifts or attempts to make up for festive season overspending. A white lion skin, 18-year-old Oude Meester Souverein brandy in a gift set box, a trained Yorkie

A department of transport gazette published in December could be a veiled attempt by government to fine motorists who are boycotting the e-toll system. That is the concern raised by Opposition to Urban Tolling Alliance chairman Wayne Duvenage

South Africa’s nuclear procurement programme is far from a done deal and could collapse at any point, according to energy expert Chris Yelland. While cabinet approved the next stage of the new build plan for 9,6GW of nuclear power on 9 December

A Government Gazette notice published by the department of energy on 21 December has confirmed cabinet’s decision to move ahead with the 9,6GW nuclear procurement programme. This means the department