The Gupta-owned Oakbay Investments holding company has instituted disciplinary action against its employees who were critical of a letter in which management pleaded with the banks to reopen its accounts. The company is also understood to have taken
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Renewed bullishness towards media and Internet giant Naspers has pushed its market capitalisation above R1 trillion for the first time. On Tuesday, Naspers’s share price jumped to a new all-time high of R2 320,73, pushing its
The SABC’s decision not to broadcast footage of the destruction of property during news bulletins was nothing less than censorship, the South African National Editors Forum said on Monday. The announcement by the SABC that it would henceforth
The SABC’s decision to stop broadcasting images of violent protests smacks of autocracy and is deeply patronising, trade union federation Cosatu said on Monday. The broadcaster was assuming South Africans were
A fire has broken out at the head office of communications regulator Icasa. An eyewitness said the fire, in Block A at the Pinmill Farm office park near the Grayston Drive intersection with the M1 highway in Sandton, appears to have started
Communications minister Faith Muthambi says her department respects the editorial independence of the SABC. Last week, the public broadcaster announced that it will no longer broadcast footage of the destruction of public infrastructure
Telkom registered more than 6 000 incidents of copper-cable theft on its network in the past year and as a result is now actively moving customers away from the technology to wireless and fibre alternatives. The telecommunications operator said on
Perimeter security barrier company Cochrane Steel has failed in its bid to overturn a high court judgment on South Africa’s first ever Google AdWords case. In August 2014, Cochrane Steel launched a final interdict at the high court in Johannesburg
The pump price of petrol will rise by 52c/l for all grades, while diesel will increase by a whopping 76c/l, the department of energy announced on Monday. The main reasons for the spike are the continued upward march of international
The SABC is refusing to air the Democratic Alliance’s election advertising, the party alleged on Sunday. “The SABC informed the DA that it has no available slots for political advertisements at this time due to delays in the IEC’s work with respect to the elections