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The JSE is engaged in what its GM for issuer regulation, Andre Visser, is terming “focused conversation” with the sponsor of MTN, Deutsche Securities. It is doing so in the interests of the telecommunications operator’s shareholders, Visser said. The remarks
Telkom’s open-access wholesale infrastructure company, Openserve, has announced plans to deploy fibre-optic broadband infrastructure to 10 000 homes in Pretoria East. Surburbs such as Faerie Glen and Garsfontein will have access to fibre
MultiChoice has announced it will begin offering Catch Up, which offers cached content and online video-on-demand services, to DStv Compact and Extra subscribers from Sunday, 1 November. Previously, it was available only on DStv premium, the most expensive of the
The South African Post Office plans to pay its employees the remaining 30% of their salaries on Wednesday, 28 October. The Post Office revealed last week that its negative financial position meant that it could only pay salaries in two batches: 50% by 25 October and
Telecommunications group MTN has confirmed that the Nigerian Communications Commission has imposed a fine on its Nigerian subsidiary of a massive US$5,2bn (about R71bn). The confirmation of an earlier report published by Technology Times in Nigeria
The South African Post Office said it is hoping to prevent a “planned strike” in Johannesburg on Thursday. Approximately a thousand Post Office workers, who are members of the Communication Workers Union, are expected to march to offices of the Post
MTN’s share price was trading down by more than 5% at lunchtime on Monday after reports emerged from Nigeria that the telecommunications group is facing a fine of more 1,04 trillion naira
The South African Post Office says it paid all its staff 70% of their total salaries with the remaining 30% expected to be deposited by 31 October. The Post Office revealed last week that it originally planned to pay salaries in two batches: 50% on 25 October and the balance
Government should consider using the R2bn from selling its stake in Vodacom to fund universities’ funding shortfall, the Democratic Alliance said on Sunday. Another R1bn could be allocated from the skills levy surplus, or the R720m allocated to the international
Two South Africans top an impressive list of leaders that millennials around the world admire: former president Nelson Mandela at number one and Elon Musk at number three. A survey of over a thousand young people aged between 20 and 30 from around the globe
