The country’s data prices are “daylight robbery” and need to be halved, radio personality Thabo “Tbo Touch” Molefe told MPs on Tuesday. Data did not have to be free, but it had to be affordable, the owner of online radio
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Following the global recall of Samsung’s latest flagship smartphone, the Galaxy Note7, due to problems with some of the devices’ batteries, the Korean consumer electronics giant has announced a new launch date for the
Instagram and Snapchat are South Africa’s fastest growing social networks, with Facebook still holding the top spot. This is according to the 2017 Social Media Landscape Survey, which has been released by local technology
Telkom has reached an agreement with Naspers subsidiary ShowMax in terms of which the telecommunications operator will “effectively zero-rate” the Internet video-on-demand service
The South African National Editors’ Forum (Sanef) says it has noticed an alarming trend of fake news websites publishing inaccurate information under the guise of news. “Sanef notes and strongly condemns Monday’s
The rand has broken through the R14/US$ ceiling as the emerging market currency made its fourth straight day of gains against the dollar. “The last time we were below R14/$ was on 8
Splits within the ANC may cause it to lose power at the next national elections in 2019, according to a senior cabinet member. “If the situation stays as it is, the risk of losing power is there,” Malusi Gigaba, the home affairs minister, said
SABC chief operating officer Hlaudi Motsoeneng will report for duty as an “ordinary employee” on Tuesday, his lawyer Zola Majavu has said. The supreme court of appeal on Monday rejected his bid for
Wireless Business Solutions, the company that owns iBurst, has finally set out its plans to build a national LTE-Advanced wireless broadband network following the acquisition of the business by a company backed by former top
South Africa’s newest mobile broadband network, to be built by iBurst and Broadlink parent company Wireless Business Solutions (WBS), will be launched in early 2017, one of its backers, former First National Bank CEO