Energy regulator Nersa has postponed its announcement on the Eskom tariff hike decision until Tuesday, following finance minister Pravin Gordhan’s swipe at the power utility on Wednesday. Gordhan said at his press briefing ahead of his
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Home affairs will not be destroying any uncollected IDs until after the local government elections, minister Malusi Gigaba said on Thursday. This was to ensure that prospective voters could still
MTN’s share price leapt higher in intraday trading on Wednesday after announcing it had made a 50bn naira (US$250m; R3,8bn) payment to Nigerian authorities and withdrawn legal action in the federal high court in Nigeria. MTN’s shares jump to a
For the second year in a row, the national budget has provided few details on a project to connect municipalities to broadband technology. Finance minister Pravin Gordhan delivered the 2016 national budget speech in parliament
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