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Democratic Alliance MP Marian Shinn, who is also the party’s spokeswoman on telecommunications & postal services, has labelled the budget allocated to South Africa’s broadband roll-out plan, dubbed SA Connect, as “grossly inadequate”. “R1,6 billion over
From 1 April this year, all companies that intend to do business with government will need to be registered on the government’s central supplier database. Finance minister Pravin Gordhan on Wednesday said transparency with government
The 9,6GW nuclear energy new build programme will only proceed after a “thorough and transparent tender process”, according to treasury’s budget review. Following on from President Jacob Zuma’s state of the nation address
Finance minister Pravin Gordhan delivered a surprise during Wednesday afternoon’s national budget presentation in parliament by not hiking the personal income tax rate. Tax rates for companies and VAT were not increased either. However, as part of fiscal
The South African Post Office says it is taking on board public protector Thuli Madonsela’s damning report on corruption at the parastatal. Madonsela’s report, dubbed “Postponed Delivery”, said the Post Office’s acquisition of a
Customers who use Telkom’s mobile transactional services, such as airtime recharges, could run into issues on Wednesday amid a hardware glitch. Telkom said on Wednesday morning that a hardware failure is disrupting its
Less than a month after announcing that former MTN South Africa CEO Zunaid Bulbulia would join its board of directors in a nonexecutive capacity, Huge Group has said that well-known investment
Blue Label Telecoms, the JSE-listed company in talks to buy a 35% stake in mobile operator Cell C for R4bn, has turned in a strong set of results for the six months to 30 November 2015. Headline earnings rose by 25% to R355m on the back of a
The newly appointed CEO of the South African Post Office has promised serious financial controls after years of instability at the struggling parastatal. Former banker Mark Barnes, who became Post Office CEO last month, told parliament’s
The South African Post Office came in for a grilling from parliament’s committee on telecommunications & postal services on Tuesday. The auditor-general’s report into the
