Naspers’s video entertainment segment – in effect, the MultiChoice business – has grown revenue by 8% to US$3.7-billion in the year ended 31 March 2018, despite warning of tougher competition from online streaming video
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Naspers has put aside the proceeds of share sales in Chinese Internet giant Tencent and India’s Flipkart to pay for new investments due to the abundance of opportunities in its preferred media and technology markets
The City of Tshwane metropolitan municipality, which includes Pretoria and surrounding towns, has published “significantly” increased fees for deploying telecommunications infrastructure. But the move
MTN and its technology partner, Ericsson, have achieved throughput of 1.6Gbit/s using 5G technology at the Gerotek skid pan outside Pretoria. Using 100MHz of spectrum in the 28GHz band, the
Indian start-up Swiggy has raised US$210-million (about R2.9-billion) in a round led by South Africa’s Naspers and investment house DST Global, setting a stage for a battle between well-funded players in the
Vox Telecom shareholders are looking to sell the South African network provider for about R3-billion to take advantage of consolidation in the industry, according to two people familiar with the matter. Owners including
Government will consider introducing computer coding in South Africa’s education system, communications deputy minister Pinky Kekana said on Wednesday. “The time has come for us to introduce basic coding in our
Liberty could face massive fines through civil lawsuits or from a government-mandated information regulator after falling victim to a cyberattack by unknown hackers. The financial services firm is fighting to prevent the release
The Information Regulator said it has requested an urgent meeting with Liberty Holdings to get an understanding of how its data was breached by hackers at the weekend. In a statement issued by chair Pansy Tlakula
Media24 and Takealot will merge their online fashion stores Spree and Superbalist to create a new platform for the sale of fashion goods on the Internet. The new venture will be held 51% by Media24, Spree’s current