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It was no sin for a black man to earn a decent salary, the SABC’s chief operating officer, Hlaudi Motsoeneng, said on Wednesday. Motsoeneng said the SABC was willing to pay any employee who added value to the company. He was speaking to reporters about his bump in salary to R3,7m

Chinese President Xi Jinping has defended China’s right to impose its own regulations on the Internet at a meeting with top US technology business leaders at Microsoft’s headquarters near Seattle, according to news reports. Apparently responding to US and Silicon Valley criticism

There was nothing untoward about SABC chief operating officer Hlaudi Motsoeneng receiving an increase of almost R1m, the public broadcaster’s CEO, Frans Matlala, said on Wednesday. Addressing the media at the SABC in Johannesburg, Matlala said it should be noted

Vodacom, MTN and Cell C will pay Altron a combined amount of about R1,5bn to take over the subscriber base of Altech Autopage Cellular. Interestingly, Altron is receiving less than Reunert did when it concluded a similar deal with the operators to sell the subscribers

Cell C has become the latest telecommunications operator to get into the fast-expanding fibre-to-the-home market, with plans to launch commercial services in the first quarter of 2016

SABC chief operating officer Hlaudi Motsoeneng received a massive increase in salary in the broadcaster’s most recent financial year, it has been revealed in parliament. The SABC’s annual report

The CEO of South Africa’s third largest mobile network, Cell C, said on Wednesday that the company is profitable. Little is known about Cell C’s financial status owing to the company being

Cell C will launch commercial Wi-Fi calling to its entire customer base on 1 October, the mobile operator said on Wednesday. Users will be able to use any Wi-Fi network anywhere in the world to

Telkom’s Internet service provider, Telkom Internet, is stepping up the battle with rivals, announcing on Wednesday that it will double subscribers’ data allocation between October 2015 and March 2016. The promotion means that Telkom Internet’s data