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Ultra-high-definition (UHD) television, which offers a resolution of 2160p – or four times that of current-generation HD TVs – has a bright future, though it still has a number of obstacles it has to overcome before it achieves mainstream success, according to a new report from Deloitte

EOH is seemingly the JSE’s unstoppable IT growth machine. The technology company has again turned in a strong set of financial results, with revenue up by 40% to R5,1bn and headline earnings per share up by 34% to R3,39 in the year ended 31 July 2013

European low-cost airline Ryanair has obtained an urgent court order in the high court in Pretoria forcing Telkom Mobile to help trace someone it accuses of harming its reputation on the Internet. Judge Francis Legodi ordered Telkom on Tuesday to furnish the Irish airline

Investment company Kagiso Tiso Holdings has offered to purchase the remaining shares in Kagiso Media, the company said on Tuesday. Kagiso Tiso currently owns 51,1 percent of Kagiso Media. “Through this transaction, Kagiso Tiso is offering

Power utility Eskom said on Tuesday it had met its winter electricity demand and urged South Africans to save electricity during summer. “This winter was different, in that long-duration generation maintenance was planned to be done and was implemented,” Eskom CEO Brian Dames said in releasing

The SABC was dealt a blow on Tuesday when it received a disclaimer of opinion for the 2012/2013 financial year, the worst audit opinion, from the auditor-general. A disclaimer is issued if the AG cannot form an opinion and thus declines to present an opinion on an entity’s financial statements

The three partners of Cash Paymaster Services were not assessed in a R10bn social grant tender process, the constitutional court heard on Tuesday. “Evidently, the state should not be in the business of awarding multibillion-rand tenders to persons who have no proven, or assessed

Trade union Solidarity will not blindly back Telkom’s opposition to local-loop unbundling (LLU), which it has done in the past. It will now instead remain neutral on the issue and monitor how the process unfolds, spokesman Marius Croucamp says. Solidarity is the second largest union

First National Bank has increased the number of South African accounts by 8%, or 542 000, in the year to the end of June, underpinning total account growth of 1,1m. Number of transactions processed climbed by 13%, with fees and commissions up by 14%

KMPG has released a new report on customer service in the prepaid mobile industry worldwide that has found that providing excellent customer service across the board is the key to keeping customers loyal and reducing churn. The company undertook a study