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High-level talks between Naspers and Dimension Data, which could lead to the merger of the groups’ MWeb and Internet Solutions (IS) businesses, are probably being driven by a need by IS to become more of a full-service telecommunications

Motorists might be able to claim e-tolls refunds because a Government Gazette notice about the charges indicates conflicting amounts, Justice Project South Africa (JPSA) said on Wednesday. The differences were in the English and Afrikaans versions of the e-toll tariff notices published in the

Former South African president Nelson Mandela, who passed away earlier this month, is the top trending South African search term on Google in 2013, the search engine giant announced on Tuesday as part of its annual Zeitgeist rankings. The court appearance of sportsman Oscar Pistorius and

A protest against the alleged axing of Alide Dasnois as Cape Times editor was hijacked on Tuesday by groups calling for media transformation. The Right2Know campaign had formally applied to protest in front of Newspaper House in Cape Town at lunchtime, about a perceived threat to editorial

MTN Group has signed a deal with technology incubation business Rocket Internet and fellow emerging markets-focused mobile operator Millicom International Cellular to develop e-commerce businesses in Africa through a business called Africa Internet Holding. The partnership is

StarSat, the pay-television platform known until recently as TopTV, is facing another potential hurdle over its three subscription-based pornographic channels. An organisation calling itself Cause for Justice has filed papers at the high court in Pretoria asking for a review of a decision by the Independent

The department of basic education has withdrawn its decision to standardise on software tools for the computer application technology and IT subjects for school grades 10 to 12. The DBE issued a circular in October, stating that the two subjects be limited to Microsoft

Three short years at the helm. This is all it took for outgoing CEO Brian Dames to bring his decades-long career at national power utility Eskom to a close. Dames, who was appointed as CEO in 2010, and his erstwhile finance director Paul O’Flaherty, appointed in 2009, were the men brought

The value of copper theft increased to a level of R9,5m in November, the South African Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Sacci) said on Friday. According to the Sacci Copper Theft Barometer, copper theft stood at R9,2m in October 2013. Sacci said the November increase was the first since August

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