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ANC MP Juli Kilian on Thursday raised concerns that SABC board minutes provided to parliament’s ad hoc committee looking into the broadcaster’s fitness might have been tampered with. Kilian raised the issue during former board

Woolworths has launched free Wi-Fi for customers in 85 stores nationwide, with additional connections planned by early 2018, the JSE-retailer said on Thursday. The decision to offer Wi-Fi comes on the back of strong growth

The social development department’s ability to continue to make monthly welfare payments to about 17m people is in jeopardy because it ignored advice from the central bank, two people familiar with the situation said. The department

Amazon.com has taken its video-on-demand platform, known as Prime Video, live in 200 countries around the world, including South Africa. Prices start at just $2,99/month (about R40/month) as part of an introductory offer. The introductory

The SABC has had 12 CEOs in the past eight years, parliament’s ad hoc committee looking into the SABC board heard on Wednesday. Media Monitoring Africa’s William Bird told the committee that the institution had

South African inflation accelerated to the highest level in nine months in November, boosted by increases in food and transport prices. The inflation rate was 6,6% compared to 6,4% a month earlier, Pretoria-based

MTN Group, the South African wireless carrier that’s been trying to repatriate US$1bn from Iran, has managed to extract several hundred million dollars or several billion rand from the country with the

Government may extend its deal with Net1 UEPS Technologies, a company that it has been embroiled in legal battles with, because it’s not ready to make welfare payments worth about R129bn/year when the contract ends

Nedbank said South African mines minister Mosebenzi Zwane urged the lender to reconsider its decision to sever ties with companies tied to the Gupta family, who are friends of President Jacob Zuma and in business with his son. Nedbank, in a letter

The only place left for former SABC chief operating officer Hlaudi Motsoeneng is jail, said Democratic Alliance leader Mmusi Maimane after the party won its application to have his appointment as group executive of corporate affairs