Drastic mobile tariff price cuts by telecoms company Telkom could be ignored by the country’s biggest networks MTN and Vodacom, says an expert. Telkom on Thursday announced its “FreeMe” contract
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One of the SABC 8, Vuyo Mvoko, will be approaching the high court to put him back on the air after the broadcaster terminated its contract with him. Mvoko said his lawyers were filing the papers on Friday morning. The application
Eskom’s shock decision not to enter into further power purchase agreements beyond the department of energy’s bid round 4.5 is in line with its earlier stance towards the renewable energy procurement programme and might impact investors, Ashburton
The ANC is trailing the main opposition party in three key cities including Pretoria, the capital, and Johannesburg, before municipal elections on 3 August, the latest eNCA public opinion survey shows. ANC support slumped by two points to
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The South African Reserve Bank’s latest forecast is for 0% growth in 2016 compared with 0,6% previously, Reserve Bank governor Lesetja Kganyago cautioned during his rates announcement on
Problems at the SABC extend beyond the policy not to broadcast footage of violent protests, one of the broadcaster’s axed journalists said on Thursday. “The protest policy is only a sliver of the slew of policies
Vodacom Group said customer numbers fell in the first quarter as authorities in international markets that include Tanzania and the Democratic Republic of Congo made changes to the way the company registers subscribers. Group active customers
The case of four axed SABC journalists was postponed in the labour court in Johannesburg on Thursday to allow the broadcaster time to file court papers. Judge Robert Lagrange postponed the
Discovery, South Africa’s third-largest insurer by market value, said it has set up a partnership with Japan’s Sumitomo Life Insurance Co and SoftBank Group to develop and introduce products for the world’s third-largest economy. Discovery’s