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Finance minister Nhlanhla Nene had not discussed the MTN-Nigeria crisis with a counterpart in Nigeria because a cabinet in that country had not yet been appointed, minister in the presidency Jeff

The recent US$5,2bn fine issued against MTN does not affect the cordial relations between South Africa and Nigeria, with government hopeful that talks between the mobile network and Nigerian authorities will bear fruit, a senior cabinet minister has said

Is MTN getting dual-Sim phone religion, leaving Vodacom, the market leader, as the only operator with an aversion to such devices? It appears the operator is at least toying with the idea, announcing on Thursday that it would range the new, high-end Huawei Mate S

The Democratic Alliance has called on communications minister Faith Muthambi to “come clean” on R1,2bn worth of digital television set-top box contracts placed by government as part of its plan to

Liquid Telecom, the pan-African fibre telecommunications firm controlled by Strive Masiyiwa’s Econet Group, has emerged as one of the principal backers of Hola Media, an aspiring South African

The Gupta-controlled Infinity Media Networks, which owns the 24-hour news channel ANN7 – broadcast on MultiChoice’s DStv pay-television platform – has applied to communications regulator

Naspers has sold African online price comparison service PriceCheck to Silvertree Internet Holdings and the company’s original founder, Kevin Tucker. The value of the deal has not been disclosed

There is an urgent need to build more nuclear power plants in South Africa, Eskom CEO Brian Molefe said on Wednesday. “We do not think it is possible to have an energy mix without nuclear

The US$5,2bn fine levied against MTN in Nigeria for allegedly failing to disconnect 5,1m Sim cards in time for a regulatory deadline may result in a parliamentary probe in South Africa into whether