Attacks on Uber drivers, allegedly by members of taxi associations, have prompted the appointment of a security team to protect them. This comes after an Uber driver was threatened, pulled out of the car and attacked
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A succession of scandals implicating President Jacob Zuma are catching up with him, with calls for his removal spreading to his cabinet and the upper echelons of the ANC. While a bid to oust Zuma at a meeting of the ANC’s 110-member
South African Uber competitor Zebra Cabs has just secured R300m in funding from Futuregrowth Asset Management as the battle of the Internet hailing apps hots up. SA Taxi, which owns the Zebra Cabs owner-driver scheme, said on
JSE-listed Blue Label Telecoms – the company in the throes of acquiring 45% of mobile operator Cell C for R5,5bn – has announced plans to invest in start-ups. The firm has unveiled a new “business boutique accelerator programme
The national executive committee of the ANC did not support calls for the president to step down following a marathon NEC meeting in Pretoria over the weekend. “We affirm him as the president of the party and the country,” ANC secretary
Jacob Zuma blamed a Western plot and opposition collaborators for the bid by officials in the ruling party to oust him as the nation’s president as he refused to resign, saying he won’t hand himself over to his enemies. The president’s outburst
The Democratic Alliance will go to court to oppose the interdict against members of Parliament’s ad hoc committee looking into the SABC board, the party said on Tuesday. The SABC board’s last remaining member, Mbulaheni
Former public protector Thuli Madonsela will not be able to give evidence before parliament’s ad hoc committee looking into the SABC board, as she will be travelling during the hearing dates. The committee met for the first time
The department of telecommunications & postal services has met with the Universal Postal Union to discuss ways to modernise the postal network to benefit from e-commerce. The meeting between department director-general Robert
President Jacob Zuma survived the most serious challenge to his leadership yet, after a contingent of top officials failed to force him from office during a meeting of the ruling party’s national executive committee. The committee, which