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Parliament’s communications portfolio committee on Tuesday said it was satisfied with the stricken South African Post Office’s progress towards stability. In a statement issued following

South Africa’s real gross domestic product (GDP) increased by 1,5% in 2014, after an increase of 2,2% in 2013, Statistics South Africa said on Tuesday. Compared to 2013, the unadjusted real GDP at market prices for the fourth

Despite its small, dispersed population, the desert nation of Namibia is trumping its neighbour, South Africa, when it comes to the cost of mobile broadband, a new research report says. “The dynamic bundling observable in other countries such as Namibia has not yet

Any doubt that lower wholesale call termination rates have led to a sharp decline in retail mobile tariffs in South Africa should be put to rest, new research shows. South Africans have benefited directly from a reduction in termination rates – the fees telecommunications

A motion for a full parliamentary probe into the role of security services in the removal of Electronic Freedom Fighters MPs from parliament on 12 February, and the jamming of the cellphone signal, was tabled in the national assembly on Tuesday. DA MP David Maynier called

The office of Gauteng premier David Makhura on Tuesday denied a report in the Sowetan stating that Makhura had announced the e-tolling system in the province would be scrapped. “The story is completely wrong,” said Makhura’s spokesman, Thabo Masebe

Samsung, wounded by Apple in the smartphone wars, will begin its fightback this Sunday when it takes the wraps off the latest flagship device in its Galaxy S line-up – and thanks to American mobile operator T-Mobile, we now have a good idea what the

The ANC on Monday said it was pleased that the Gauteng government had taken note of motorists’ dissatisfaction with the e-tolling system. “To this end, we are particularly pleased that the Gauteng provincial government has listened

MTN could outsource management of its retail stores and field staff, with an industry insider suggesting a deal with Brightstar is on the cards. The industry insider said telecommunications multinational Brightstar is busy headhunting a

The sale of iBurst and Broadlink parent Wireless Business Solutions (WBS) to a company backed by top former bankers Michael Jordaan and Paul Harris is proceeding, subject to regulatory approvals, after the conclusion