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Project Isizwe, the non-profit responsible for building a free Wi-Fi network in greater Pretoria, has established its first hotspots in the Western Cape, it said on Friday. Commuters at the busy Gugulethu and Khayelitsha taxi ranks near Cape Town will
Curro Holdings has walked away from an attempt to acquire rival Advtech, Curro said on Wednesday, sending Advtech’s share price down by more than 3%. It said the offer it made to buy Advtech at R13/share no longer made sense in the face of stiff
A support group for victims of apartheid on Tuesday called on Media24 and Naspers to create a fund for victims of gross human rights violations after the media company apologised for its role in apartheid on Saturday
The City of Tshwane, working with non-profit Project Isizwe, has increased the maximum speeds on its free Wi-Fi network to 15Mbit/s, the parties said on Wednesday. To date, the average speed for users has been 7Mbit/s, they said. “The network
Citing tough market conditions, cellphone giant MTN has confirmed its withdrawal as headline sponsor of the MTN-Qhubeka cycling team. MTN had spent in the region of R100m on the team since 2013. The South African outfit
The department of telecommunications & postal services (DTPS) wants corporate sponsors to help it pay for events meant to schmooze journalists and improve its public image, The Star reported on Wednesday. The newspaper said the department
JSE-listed global technology distribution and services group Datatec, through its Logicalis subsidiary, is acquiring US-based Advanced Technology Integration Group for up to US$42m (about R525m) from a company called MCPc
The Gauteng education department says that although it is disappointed by the theft of e-learning equipment at Phafogang Secondary School in Rockville, the incident will not deter it from delivering quality education to pupils. The equipment and LED screens
MTN’s attributable and basic headline earnings per share for the six months ended 30 June 2015 will fall by between 10% and 15%, the telecommunications group warned shareholders on Tuesday. Although
A multimillion-rand payment made to Telkom’s previously suspended chief financial officer Jacques Schindehütte has trade union Solidarity up in arms. Top executives at Telkom have seen pay hikes at the company despite the telecommunication giant’s
