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Perimeter security barrier company Cochrane Steel has failed in its bid to overturn a high court judgment on South Africa’s first ever Google AdWords case. In August 2014, Cochrane Steel launched a final interdict at the high court in Johannesburg

The pump price of petrol will rise by 52c/l for all grades, while diesel will increase by a whopping 76c/l, the department of energy announced on Monday. The main reasons for the spike are the continued upward march of international

The SABC is refusing to air the Democratic Alliance’s election advertising, the party alleged on Sunday. “The SABC informed the DA that it has no available slots for political advertisements at this time due to delays in the IEC’s work with respect to the elections

Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa would make a good candidate for next president of South Africa, according to scenario planner Clem Sunter. “I have always been a fan of Cyril and would love him to be president. In dealings with

The SABC’s decision not to broadcast footage of people destroying public property during protests should not be seen as censorship, the ANC said on Saturday. “What the SABC has done with its decision not to show footage or visuals of people destroying

Political parties on Friday condemned the SABC’s decision on limiting broadcasting of protests. This after the public broadcaster announced on Friday that it would no longer broadcast footage of people destroying public property during protests

ANC MP Makhosi Khoza will lead the process to find a suitable candidate to replace public protector Thuli Madonsela. Khoza was on Friday elected as the chairman of the ad hoc committee tasked with finding a replacement for Madonsela before her

Niche telecommunications provider Huge Group is mulling acquisitions after reporting a 45% improvement in headline earnings per share for the year ended 29 February 2016, despite only a modest 6% improvement in revenue. Operating profit rose

Google is not the only big US technology company getting into the telecommunications business. Microsoft and Facebook have just announced they will build a super-fast transatlantic subsea cable with a design capacity of 160Tbit/s. The cable system

South Africa will not turn into “another Venezuela”, finance minister Pravin Gordhan said in parliament on Thursday. “We are miles away from Venezuela. We are a well-managed fiscus,” Gordhan said at the end of a long debate on South Africa’s economy