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The council of communications regulator Icasa has appointed Willington Ngwepe as its new CEO, replacing the suspended Pakamile Pongwana who quit under a cloud in August. Ngwepe, who

Twitter is introducing new policies to combat harassment and unwanted sexual advances on the social media site after a recent decision to disable the account of a famous actress sparked an uproar. The company said it will immediately

A huge trove of data, containing the personal information of millions of South Africans, including property ownership, employment history, income and company directorships, has been discovered by

South African scientists have announced that two local telescopes have for the first time detected gravitational waves that are a result of a merging of two neutron stars. The two telescopes are the

President Jacob Zuma has named a close ally as energy minister and fired the leader of the communist party, which has criticised his leadership, in a cabinet reshuffle just two months before he’s due

After weeks of stalling, President Jacob Zuma has finally rubber-stamped the appointment of a permanent SABC board — but only after civil society groupings threatened him with legal action if

Nedbank, Telkom, Discovery and Investec are among top South African listed companies with the most exposure to cybersecurity risks. This is according to a new research report from the Cyber Intelligence Research

Chinese phone maker Huawei has a new flagship “phablet” line-up. The new Mate 10 and Mate 10 Pro, which mimic the trend to bezel-less devices introduced with the Samsung Galaxy S8 and S8+

MTN South Africa has launched a range of low-cost on-network voice bundles, it said on Monday. The plans offer deals with calls priced as low as 10c/minute. The voice bundles, called MTN WOW, have daily, weekly and

The high court in Pretoria on Friday declared all the City of Tshwane’s agreements with PEU Capital Partners and its implementing agent TUMS constitutionally invalid. The court further ordered that R950m