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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

JSE-listed technology group Business Connexion (BCX) has launched the Benjamin Mophatlane Foundation, in honour of its late CEO, to provide technology-orientated educational opportunities and sponsorships to previously disadvantaged

Solidarity will take legal action if any of its members working at Telkom are fired, the trade union said on Thursday. “Should some of our members be forcefully retrenched, we will attend to each case individually,” said spokesman Marius

Former top bankers Michael Jordaan and Paul Harris are shareholders in a company that has made an offer to buy Wireless Business Solutions (WBS), the company that owns iBurst and Broadlink, TechCentral has established. Technology company Multisource, in which Jordaan and the Harris family