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The fight against e-tolling in Gauteng is not over, the DA said on Thursday. “Without fail, we chose the most cumbersome, the most expensive system that only benefits a few, rather than considering the majority of this province,” said Democratic Alliance spokesman Mmusi Maimane

One of 2013’s most anticipated handsets, Nokia’s Lumia 1020, has been launched in South Africa. At a recommended retail price of R9 999, the Windows Phone-powered 1020 is available at its launch through MTN and Vodacom in black, white and yellow. The Lumia 1020’s 41-megapixel

In an effort clearly designed at getting South Africans to try its wireless broadband network, Telkom Mobile is offering what it’s calling “first-time Internet users” the opportunity to get online for a year for a R49 once-off fee. For that price, South Africa’s

South Africans now have access to hundreds of thousands of books on Google’s Play store including bestsellers and classics from hundreds of publishers. Santiago de la Mora, regional director of print product partnerships at Google, says that with the launch of e-books, Google Play will

HTC’s newly appointed distributor, Ingram Micro Mobility, has admitted that the smartphone brand has to go “back to basics” in South Africa after HTC failed to live up to promises to expand its presence here in 2013. Last month, TechCentral revealed that HTC

A Johannesburg-based software developer, Christopher Bischoff, has become the first South African to list a videogame on Kickstarter. The classic point-and-click adventure game, Stasis, went live on the crowd-funding website two days ago and, at the time of writing, had already received

Web- and smartphone-based restaurant listing and review service Zomato has raised US$37m (about R370m) in fresh investment from Sequoia Capital and existing investor Info Edge as it eyes expansion in South Africa and other emerging markets

Claims that infected systems caused by the Dexter malware attack are “clean” and that consumers have “nothing to worry about” are unfounded, a security industry expert has said. SecureData Africa chief technology officer Wayne Olsen says consumers should still be concerned as it is a

An independent probe has cleared Johannesburg’s City Power of corruption in the awarding of a R1,2bn tender for smart electricity meters, it said on Tuesday. “The independent investigation has found no evidence of fraud or corruption in City Power’s tender process for the procurement of smart meters,” City Power board

Microsoft is following US rival Google by launching a South African Web portal that offers small and medium enterprises (SMEs) access to free Web domains, hosting and other services. The Microsoft offering, called Biz4Afrika, offers a range of free