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If the Films and Publications Amendment Bill is passed in its current form, South Africans may no longer upload videos to online channels such as YouTube, Facebook, Twitter and Instagram unless they register as a distributor and pay

President Jacob Zuma has decided to declare Tuesday, 27 December 2016 a public holiday. The additional holiday comes because Christmas Day falls on a Sunday. Zuma made the decision in terms of section

Minister of higher education & training Blade Nzimande says universities can increase fees for 2017 but they must not exceed 8%. “We have looked at the challenges at hand from all sides and have concluded

The rand continued its rally on Monday, outperforming other currencies a few days before the South African Reserve Bank (Sarb) announces its latest interest rate decision, with analysts expecting the repo rate to remain at 7%. Trading 0,8% stronger

SABC chief operating officer Hlaudi Motsoeneng’s attempt to appeal a court order against his appointment has been flatly rejected by the supreme court of appeal in Bloemfontein, a decision that the Democratic Alliance said on

Teraco has increased the speed and capacity of its Internet exchange point, NAPAfrica, by making a “significant investment” in a new, programmable switching platform from Arista Networks. The migration comes four years after the

Twitter was sued by a shareholder over claims it misled investors on key growth metrics, including user count and user engagement, almost two years after touting plans to top 500m users. The suit, filed on Friday in federal court

Twenty-two billion dollars. That’s the value that was wiped off the market capitalisation of Samsung Electronics in two days last week as investors took stock of implications of a global recall of its latest flagship smartphone, the Galaxy

One of South Africa’s largest church groups, Shepherd Bushiri Ministries International, which claims to have about 2m followers, is launching a mobile virtual network operator to offer congregants voice and data