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The Democratic Alliance has described SABC chief operating officer Hlaudi Motsoeneng’s disciplinary hearing as a “stitch-up” and said it is not surprised by its outcome. On Saturday, it was announced on SABC television that an internal hearing had “discharged” the
The Freedom Front Plus won’t submit complaints against MTN to parliament any longer after holding a meeting with the company on Thursday. This is according to FF Plus parliamentary spokesman on communications Anton Alberts. In late November, the party
The rand rout continued on Friday, with the local unit briefly breaking through R16/US$ before recovering to the high R15,70s. The strong selloff of the rand started on Wednesday night after President Jacob Zuma sacked finance minister Nhlanhla Nene and
The first of February 2016 has been set as the day when analogue television broadcasting will be converted and replaced by digital television. “Cabinet was briefed on progress made on the digital migration programme. It approved the commencement of the dual-illumination
The use of drones (remotely piloted aircraft systems) is forecast to grow exponentially and is posing an increasing challenge for users of the airspace, according to Gilberto Lopez Meyer, senior vice-president for safety and flight operations at the International Air Transport Association
South Africa’s new finance minister has distanced himself from a Twitter account that has amassed several followers. One account in the name of Douglas van Rooyen, @daviddvanrooyen, had over 2 600 followers as of Friday morning and follows just two accounts, one of them being
South Africans have taken to social media to voice their displeasure at President Jacob Zuma’s shock announcement to remove Nhlanhla Nene as finance minister. Within 24 hours, the hashtag
Blue Label Telecoms is acquiring 35% of Cell C, injecting R4bn in new capital as part of a major restructuring of the telecommunications operator that will lead to current controlling shareholder
Local and international markets have reacted aggressively to the axing of the “capable finance minister” Nhlanhla Nene, according to TreasuryOne. International markets have displayed their
The sale of Altech Autopage’s subscriber base has been referred back to the Competition Commission, putting into question a planned shutdown date. In September, Johannesburg listed
