Communications minister Faith Muthambi came in for a lashing from the ANC at the weekend for defying party policy on the encryption of digital terrestrial television signals
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The ANC wants to deal with the negative way it is being portrayed in the media and will accelerate a parliamentary inquiry into establishing a Media Appeals Tribunal, the party’s communications subcommittee member Lindiwe Zulu said on Sunday. “The feeling
Presenting a report on basic education, higher education, health and science & technology, science & technology minister Naledi Pandor said more could be done to improve South Africa’s education system. “Comrades [in commissions] expressed the need to
Apple’s smartwatch, simply called Apple Watch, will be launched in South Africa on Friday, 23 October, distributor Core Group announced on Friday. Core Group said the watch will be available from the iStore outlets nationwide on that date
MTN-controlled Internet service provider Afrihost has begun moving its digital subscriber line Internet clients onto a new network it believes will offering superior performance. The new network aggregates upstream bandwidth from a number of providers and has been
The constitutional court will have the final say on whether public protector Thuli Madonsela’s findings are binding. However, for now the supreme court of appeal’s judgment against the SABC this week has set a precedent. The public broadcaster had ignored
SABC chief operating officer Hlaudi Motsoeneng wants to challenge his suspension in the constitutional court, the public broadcaster announced on Friday. “The SABC has instructed its lawyers to lodge an urgent appeal with the constitutional court in regards
The sharp fall in the value of the rand in recent months has had a severe impact on the price of imported electronics, and iPhone fans can expect to have to dig deeply into their pockets to get Apple’s latest smartphone. Core Group on Friday revealed that the
A team from the University of Cape Town has broken a long-standing water rocket record. The new record of 830m surpassed the eight-year-old record of 623m set by US Water Rockets and the achievement was ratified by the Water Rocket Achievement World Record Association on Wednesday
A local network neutrality policy could boost the market dominance of international streaming providers such as Netflix, says an expert. Net neutrality is the concept of treating all Web traffic equally. It further involves website owners and consumers not having to pay extra for a