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Victory Park, Linden, Bryanston South and Blairgowrie will be the latest suburbs in Johannesburg to get fibre-to-the-home broadband, start-up fibre telecommunications operator Vumatel said on

MTN Business, the enterprise services arm of mobile operator MTN, intends pursuing partnerships with IT companies as well as acquisitions as it seeks to grow its contribution to group revenues to

MTN South Africa CEO Ahmad Farroukh announced his intention to resign last month over his inability to end protracted strike action at the company, but this was not “officially accepted”. This is according to a

Communications regulator Icasa intends imposing a 30% black economic empowerment requirement on Neotel as a condition of allowing Vodacom to buy the company. It may also require Neotel to roll out 25% of

Telkom CEO Sipho Maseko appeared in the Wynberg magistrates court in Johannesburg on Friday over allegations of traffic regulation fraud, Bloomberg reported. Maseko has been embroiled in a cloned licence

The Internet Service Providers’ Association wants a more open online landscape in South Africa as government formulates new ICT policy. Government is in the process of formulating a white paper on ICT policy as

Internet ride-sharing service Uber has notched up over 13 000 signatures on Friday as part of a petition targeted at raising “awareness” over its permit problems in Cape Town. Over 200 Uber cars have been

Tax filing season has barely started and the first phishing e-mails are already doing the rounds, making it essential for taxpayers to be on high alert. “It’s open season for criminals during tax season,” Lesedi Seforo, team leader