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Communications minister Faith Muthambi on Tuesday told MPs she could not reveal her plans regarding SABC chief operating officer Hlaudi Motsoeneng because the Democratic Alliance would use the information to bolster its legal challenge

Telkom has appointed communications expert Jacqui O’Sullivan as its managing executive for group communication and public relations, replacing Praveen Naidoo, who is leaving the telecommunications operator. O’Sullivan, who has

The Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (Icasa) has failed to communicate its council decisions on its website as required by the legislation that governs it, the Democratic Alliance said on Tuesday. The Icasa Amendment Act states that

Three Internet service providers (ISPs) have revealed how much they will charge consumers for access to bandwidth in the pioneering fibre-to-the-home Johannesburg suburb of Parkhurst. Vox Telecom, Cybersmart and Cool Ideas

Vumatel, the company that won the project to deploy fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) broadband in Parkhurst in Johannesburg, broke first ground on the project on Monday. The first trench was dug in a street outside Parkhurst Primary School. The fibre telecommunications start-up

JSE-listed Times Media Group, which owns a range of newspaper and other media assets, will launch a video-on-demand product next month. Called Vidi, the service, which will compete with pay-television operator MultiChoice

Charges of attempted bribery instituted against Pinnacle Holdings director Takalani Tshivhase have been dropped by the specialised commercial crimes unit of the national directorate of public prosecutions. The news has sent Pinnacle’s share price surging by more than 35%. Tshivhase, who was

Sekunjalo Investment Holdings has made a bid to acquire the news agency operations of the South African Press Association (Sapa) in order to form a new company with participation by other media houses, its chairman announced on Monday. “We intend to take Sapa into territory

DStv parent MultiChoice has taken the wraps off a new, low-cost decoder meant to get high-definition (HD) content into more homes. The company has announced its first HD single-view decoder, the DStv HD Decoder, which offers HD and Dolby Digital

The supreme court of appeal is expected to hear an appeal by billionaire businessman Mark Shuttleworth against a R250m levy imposed by the South African Reserve Bank, the Sunday Independent reported. Shuttleworth would on Thursday argue against the decision by