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The Helen Suzman Foundation has launched an urgent court bid to stop the SABC from implementing its decision to censor reporting of protests. The application is against the SABC, its board, chief operating officer

Employees of communications regulator Icasa walked off the job on Monday over various grievances dating back to 2015 that they say have not been addressed by management. The employees have vowed

Seven former SABC executives have written to President Jacob Zuma, communications minister Faith Muthambi and SABC chairman Mbulaheni Maguvhe, criticising events at the public broadcaster. The seven include

Former SABC boss Jimi Matthews said that the broadcaster made sure the Economic Freedom Fighters received “limited coverage” at the behest of chief operating officer Hlaudi Motsoeneng, eNCA reported on

A civil society meeting to co-ordinate further protests against the SABC is scheduled to take place on Monday. The campaign is being organised by the Right2Know (R2K) campaign and the Save our SABC Coalition. Last week

BMW is teaming up with chip maker Intel and camera software company Mobileye to bring self-driving cars to the road by 2021, becoming the first major automaker to set a specific date to produce a fully autonomous vehicle. The technology

MTN South Africa said on Friday that it will cut 63 temporary jobs filled by labour brokers at its Midrand warehouse operations as it moves to streamline and improve the distribution of devices to consumers. It said it is modernising the facility

Communications regulator Icasa is to face industrial action from Monday as workers walk of the job. The strike will continue indefinitely, with employees vowing not to return to work until their demands are met, according to a source at the authority.

Fast-expanding broadband fibre-to-the-home provider Vumatel has received the second and final tranche of R250m in funding from Vantage Capital, a mezzanine fund manager. Vantage Capital said on Friday that the funds will

MTN has dished out R5,2m worth of shares to the CEO of its South African unit, Mteto Nyati. In a statement to shareholders on Friday, MTN said it had provided Nyati with an “off-market award of shares” as part of its performance share plan