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Road traffic enforcement may change radically in April next year when the long-awaited Administrative Adjudication of Road Traffic Offences Act takes effect countrywide. It will also be used for the enforcement of Gauteng’s controversial e-tolls, but that is only
Mobile operator MTN has apologised to customers for service disruptions as strike action continues to impact on operations. “It is with great disappointment that our customers are subjected to the recent service experiences which are as a result of the
Statistics South Africa did not rule out that load shedding has had an impact on the manufacturing sector’s decline in GDP, but added that it could not confirm its impact. “It could just have easily been a lack of interest in products and we might have seen
BlackBerry may be on the back foot in many parts of the world, but in South Africa the brand continues to hold its own, despite intense marketing from rivals. According to mobile marketplace Phonefinder, despite Samsung being the most popular manufacturer
The Communication Workers Union has taken to social media to direct its vitriol at MTN management as the strike against the telecommunications operator enters its second week. The CWU’s Facebook page has become a battleground for launching
Japan’s Mitsubishi Electric Corp has announced plans to invest in South Africa with the establishment of an office in Johannesburg that will service the local market and the rest of the continent. Starting operations from June, the
Vehicle makers Nissan and BMW have reached an agreement to expand electric vehicle charging infrastructure across South Africa. The memorandum of understanding between the two companies
The rural Eastern Cape is about to get high-speed Internet service though a dedicated Wi-Fi connection. Project Isizwe is well known for rolling out the City of Tshwane’s massive Wi-Fi programme
The constitutional court has agreed to hear the application for leave to appeal in the nearly decade-long case between telecommunications giant Vodacom and Nkosana Makate, who claims to have invented the service “please call me”. After the high
A new-style South African start-up accelerator has changed the traditional business model by not taking any equity in new technology businesses. “There are a number of reasons that we have decided to go with a no equity approach. First, it is a better deal
