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Liquid Telecom’s R6,5bn acquisition of Neotel is going ahead. Communications regulator Icasa on Thursday gave the deal the green light, approving the transfer of licences to Liquid, according to a well-placed source with knowledge

A transformation is happening in global energy markets that’s worth noting as 2016 comes to an end: solar power, for the first time, is becoming the cheapest form of new electricity. This has happened in isolated projects in the past

Standard Bank has asked the high court to prevent President Jacob Zuma and any of his ministers from intervening in its decision to close accounts of companies associated with the Gupta family. The appeal goes a step further than an

ANC MP Juli Kilian on Thursday raised concerns that SABC board minutes provided to parliament’s ad hoc committee looking into the broadcaster’s fitness might have been tampered with. Kilian raised the issue during former board

Woolworths has launched free Wi-Fi for customers in 85 stores nationwide, with additional connections planned by early 2018, the JSE-retailer said on Thursday. The decision to offer Wi-Fi comes on the back of strong growth

The social development department’s ability to continue to make monthly welfare payments to about 17m people is in jeopardy because it ignored advice from the central bank, two people familiar with the situation said. The department

Amazon.com has taken its video-on-demand platform, known as Prime Video, live in 200 countries around the world, including South Africa. Prices start at just $2,99/month (about R40/month) as part of an introductory offer. The introductory

The SABC has had 12 CEOs in the past eight years, parliament’s ad hoc committee looking into the SABC board heard on Wednesday. Media Monitoring Africa’s William Bird told the committee that the institution had

South African inflation accelerated to the highest level in nine months in November, boosted by increases in food and transport prices. The inflation rate was 6,6% compared to 6,4% a month earlier, Pretoria-based