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The decision by parliament’s communication portfolio committee to recommend the suspension of SABC board chair Zandile Tshabalala on Tuesday was welcomed by the Democratic Alliance. “The unanimity of committee members in this matter is a welcome development in a parliament

Online video-on-demand services in South Africa will remain a relatively niche service until the cost of data connectivity falls to levels that are affordable for the mass market. That’s the view of advisory and services firm International Data Corp, which believes that despite

Google South Africa has launched virtual field trips, a campaign to help schools explore South Africa’s history without pupils having to leave the classroom. Classrooms can either join these field trips via a Google+ Hangout or watch a stream on YouTube

Vumatel, the telecommunications start-up building a fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) network in the upmarket Johannesburg suburb of Parkhurst, has unveiled plans to build similar networks in 42 suburbs across Johannesburg and Cape Town. The decision to expand the roll-out follows what Vumatel

Telkom has appointed long-serving executive Deon Fredericks as its new chief financial officer with immediate effect. He had been acting in the position since October 2013 following the suspension of former CFO Jacques Schindehutte, who stepped down recently. Fredericks has acting as CFO

MWeb Business, a division of Naspers-owned Internet service provider MWeb, has launched a suite of satellite broadband products that provide uncapped Internet access to South African consumers. MWeb, which pioneered uncapped fixed-line broadband in South Africa

Frustrated traders have been unable to buy and sell shares on the JSE after a “network issue” floored the stock exchange on Monday morning. “Due to a network issue, the equity market opening will be delayed this morning,” the bourse said on Twitter soon after the market

Cabinet has approved a package to close the funding gap at Eskom, the national treasury said on Sunday. The package, approved at a special cabinet meeting in Cape Town on Thursday, would guarantee energy security and support gross domestic product growth, spokesman

The Democratic Alliance demanded answers from the government on Monday on what its bailout plan for the embattled state electricity utility Eskom will entail. Responding to Sunday’s announcement by cabinet that it had approved a funding package to help Eskom with its R225bn

The South African Press Association will be reconstituted and commercially revamped which will include an expanded shareholder base, its board announced on Monday. “The intentions are that the independent domestic wire service’s 76-year-old nonprofit business model