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Departing councillors at communications regulator Icasa, asked to step aside before completing a customary 45 working day handover period, may be mulling legal action against communications minister Faith Muthambi, according to a newspaper report on Monday. Business Day says it has

Protesters burnt their unpaid e-toll bills on top of an empty coffin while singing the national anthem outside roads agency Sanral’s offices in Pretoria at the weekend. “Today we bury a stillborn that was born in December last year

Around 200 people marched in Cape Town on Saturday to demand lower mobile call rates and media transformation. The group blew whistles as they marched down Long Street and carried signs stating “Free Set Top Box” and

China’s ZTE intends expanding its market share in smartphones in South Africa through an aggressive marketing campaign aimed at growing consumer awareness of its brand, its newly appointed chairman, Han Xun Jian, says. The company

A man has been arrested for allegedly robbing a Telkom store at the Irene Mall on Friday, Gauteng police said. The man, who was believed to be in his thirties, was part of a group that robbed the store on Friday afternoon, Lt-Gen Lesetja Mothiba said. “A group of suspects entered the store

Six people were arrested following a robbery and shootout at Centurion Mall near Pretoria on Friday morning, Gauteng police said. “In a swift reaction, Lyttelton sector members averted a cellular shop robbery and stopped a Quantum which was escaping

Very few people in the ANC support the tolling of Gauteng’s highways, trade union federation Cosatu’s provincial arm said on Thursday. “This thing it has never been placed in any gathering of the ANC,” provincial secretary Dumisani

A new organisation wants to promote the use of open-source software in South Africa’s public and private sectors. “Not using this software in South Africa is detrimental to our economy and skills development,” says Open Source

Campaigners will march across South Africa this weekend to demand cheaper and broader access to communications, with march organisers saying government has “handed the democratising power of telecommunications to

Democratic Alliance spokesman on communications Gavin Davis says the party believes communications minister Faith Muthambi acted unlawfully when she sent letters to four councillors at the Independent Communications