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The Democratic Alliance has accused communications minister Faith Muthambi of embarking on a R600 000 “junket” to the US, where she visited a luxury goods show and a folk art festival. DA MP Gavin Davis said on Thursday that Muthambi

Telkom will not again structure a contract with an exit package as generous as the one paid to former chief financial officer Jacques Schindehütte, board chairman Jabu Mabuza has vowed. TechCentral revealed in July that Telkom had paid

Cell C parent Oger Telecom has received offers to buy its controlling 75% stake in the South African mobile telecommunications operator from six groups, it was reported on Wednesday. Business Day quoted Oger Telecom chief legal officer and

The shock of Eskom’s load shedding has finally hit home, even as the China and terms-of-trade shocks are only starting to build, said Nomura analyst and emerging markets economist Peter Attard Montalto. While Eskom has not enforced load shedding for the past 17

RSAWeb has become the latest Internet service provider to offer discounted 3G and 4G/LTE mobile broadband, offering data from R58/month for 1GB and going up to R999/month for 20GB

A trade union has lifted the lid on what it describes as suspicious activity by the National Intelligence Agency (NIA) at the SABC’s Durban office. Allegations included employees being thrown out of offices for hours and of them being threatened with dismissal if

amsung rules the South African smartphone and tablet market, new research has found. According to research firm the International Data Corp (IDC), the Korean brand has consolidated its position at the top of the local market in the second quarter of 2015

South Africa was ranked second in an index for its excellent access to and usage of affordable financial services, a report released on Tuesday shows. The 2015 Brookings Financial and Digital

HeroTel has been working to build out its wide-scale Wi-Fi access business, which is set for launch in early 2016. “Through Snowball and Cloud Connect we already have coverage in the greater Cape Town

The Victoria & Alfred Waterfront, one of the most trafficked tourist attractions in the world, is now also host to a technology hub that its backers hope will help incubate and grow the next crop of