Phuthuma Nhleko will stay on as interim executive chairman of MTN until he has resolved the dispute with Nigerian authorities over a record US$3,9bn fine imposed on the telecommunications group’s Nigerian
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The ANC on Wednesday welcomed the decision of the SABC to play 90% local music on their stations from Thursday. ANC national spokesman Zizi Kodwa said the party welcomed the “radical decision” the 18 SABC radio channels
Public broadcaster the SABC says it will play 90% local music across its 18 radio stations from Thursday, 12 May. The move follows what the state-owned company says has been “extensive” engagements with music representatives
Government has expressed its desire to forsake revenue over broadband access as it races to meet its self-imposed goal of universal Internet by 2020.Mobile operators are awaiting policy direction on the availability of 800MHz spectrum, which
South Africa has been known as the continent’s second-largest economy since Nigeria re-based its GDP data in early 2014. However, the IMF World Economic Outlook released in mid-April provided more sobering GDP statistics for South Africa
Global media and Internet giant Naspers has opened an office in San Francisco, the US city renowned for housing top internet giants such as Facebook and Google. Naspers’s opening of its San Francisco
MTN Group has appointed Babak Fouladi as group executive for technology and information systems. Fouladi will lead the delivery of MTN’s network and IT strategy across
Former Datatec chief financial officer Ivan Dittrich, who left the JSE-listed global IT group in 2012 to take the same position at telecommunications group Vodacom, replacing Rob Shuter, is returning to his old job. Datatec said
Popular mobile instant messaging service WhatsApp, which is owned by Facebook, has finally launched native desktop versions of its application for Windows and Mac. “Today we’re introducing a desktop app so you have a new way to stay in touch
Labour minister Mildred Oliphant conceded on Tuesday that a meeting between cabinet ministers and South Africa’s four banks had taken place. However, she didn’t want to provide further details as the ministers were still to report back to cabinet