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The Competition Tribunal at the weekend agreed to postpone a hearing into the proposed R7bn acquisition of Neotel by Vodacom. This comes after Vodacom and Neotel brought an application for a postponement of the hearing that was scheduled to start on Monday

As Telkom walked away from buying Cell C this week, the mobile operator’s parent, the Dubai-headquartered Oger Telecom, has said a sale is not the only option under consideration. Although

Telkom has signed a deal with Olympic sprinter Usain Bolt to promote its fibre-to-the-home broadband offerings. Telkom filmed Bolt in his home country of Jamaica last weekend for the promotional material it intends using to advertise its fibre products. The telecommunications

Turnaround plans at the South African Post Office do not include any talk of privatisation, says the state-owned company’s new CEO. Cabinet on Thursday approved the appointment of Mark Barnes as group CEO

Possibilities exist for the beleaguered South African Post Office to be profitable again, said the state-owned company’s new CEO. On Thursday, cabinet approved the appointment of Mark Barnes as group CEO of the

Naspers expects headline earnings per share for the six months ended 30 September 2015 to have leapt by between 25% and 30% compared the same interim period a year ago, the media and technology group said on Friday

Telkom has abandoned a plan to acquire Cell C. The telecommunications operator told shareholders on Thursday afternoon that it had walked away from a deal to acquire South Africa’s third mobile licensee

The Post Office is getting a veteran of corporate South Africa to lead it. Telecommunications & postal services minister Siyabonga Cwele said on Thursday that cabinet had decided to appoint Mark

In the second interest rate hike for the year, the South African Reserve Bank’s monetary policy committee hiked the repo rate to 6,25%, governor Lesetja Kganyago announced on Thursday