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BlackBerry CEO John Chen has presided over five new phones during his two-and-a-half years running the company, none of which has managed to turn around steadily declining smartphone sales. Some analysts are wondering who would buy a sixth. BlackBerry
The SABC has still not replied to Icasa’s ruling that it must withdraw its ban on the broadcasting of violent protest footage. SABC spokesman Kaizer Kganyago on Wednesday said the broadcaster had
Eight SABC journalists who were fired this week have updated their urgent application with the constitutional court, requesting the court to intervene over their dismissals. The journalists, dubbed the
ThumbzUp, the local developer of mobile point-of-sale systems available in South Africa through Absa and in Australia through ANZ, is on the verge of signing significant new deals that will take it into
South African inflation quickened for the first time in four months in June, complicating the task of the Reserve Bank as it deliberates before announcing its rates decision on Thursday. The inflation rate rose
Microsoft reported quarterly sales and profit that topped analysts’ estimates, rekindling optimism about CEO Satya Nadella’s cloud strategy as more customers shifted to the company’s Internet-based software and
South Africans will soon get their medication from self-service, “ATM-style” machines. This was one of the announcements made by the South African ministry of health at the 21st International Aids
Eskom CEO Brian Molefe on Tuesday challenged the South African economy to grow and create jobs and gave the assurance that Eskom will be able to supply the necessary electricity. At the quarterly “state of the system
Telecommunications group MTN warned on Tuesday that its profits for the six months ended 30 June 2016 will have come under pressure as a result of the record-breaking fine imposed on it in Nigeria and pressures
South Africa’s third largest mobile network, Cell C, has expressed its concern over having to fork out at least R3bn to bid for radio frequency spectrum. Communications regulator Icasa on Friday invited applicants
