Despite South Africa’s missing the deadline to migrate from analogue to digital broadcasting by Wednesday, 17 June, South Africans would still be able to watch free-to-air television, the communications ministry said. “Minister of communications
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Eskom’s proposed 25% electricity price hike, if approved, will further cripple the already bleeding South African economy, the Steel and Engineering Industries Federation of Southern Africa (Seifsa) said on Tuesday. “The metals and engineering
Africa’s first private satellite will be launched in 2016. But scientists and engineers will not be behind this bold move. Instead, it is being powered by a group of South African high school girls. Pupils from across Cape Town on Youth Day attended the launch of the ambitious
Communications regulator Icasa has decided to approve Vodacom’s R7bn acquisition of Neotel, but has attached conditions to the deal. That’s the word from Icasa spokesman Paseka Maleka, who declined on Monday to say what the conditions are that
The National Energy Regulator of South Africa (Nersa) should reject Eskom’s electricity tariff increase because it is “unreasonable, unfair and fundamentally dishonest”, according to energy expert Chris Yelland. Eskom has until 4pm
Shipments of PCs to Africa and the Media East slumped by 9,6% in the first quarter of 2015, new research by International Data Corp shows. Shipments to the region totalled 4,3m units in the first three months of the
Vodacom’s top executives have taken an effective pay cut in the 2015 financial year thanks to reductions in short-term incentives, the telecommunications group’s annual report, published at the weekend, shows. In the year ended 31
The labour court has issued an order interdicting and restraining strike employees from coming within a 100m radius of any of MTN’s premises for the duration of industrial action currently underway, the mobile operator said in a statement on
Brian Molefe wants this week to end. The second official week of winter has not been kind to the acting Eskom CEO, who has had to deal with bomb scares, gunshots, load shedding and unkind weather gods. “It has been
Canadian smartphone maker BlackBerry is apparently giving serious thought to the idea of releasing a device running Android. According to a report by Reuters, the move would be an acknowledgement by the company’s revamped BlackBerry 10-powered