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SABC chair Zandile Tshabalala will not participate in the parliamentary inquiry into whether she lied about her academic qualifications, her attorney informed MPs on Wednesday. Michael Tillney, for Tshabalala, told parliament’s communications

The Mozilla Foundation, the organisation behind the Firefox Web browser and the latest smartphone operating system, Firefox OS, recently announced plans to expand Firefox OS to Africa through Airtel, MTN South Africa and Tigo, operated by Millicom. These operators will introduce the first

Former Gautrain Management Agency (GMA) employee and fraud accused Obakeng Israel Busang’s bail application was postponed in the Johannesburg specialised commercial crimes court on Tuesday. Judge Jerry van Vuuren postponed the matter to 11 December due to an overloaded court roll

MTN South Africa has apologised to its customers for service disruptions in recent weeks, blaming a range of factors for problems on its network. “MTN would like to convey its sincerest apology to customers that may have been affected by service disruptions in the last two weeks,” the mobile operator

A parliamentary inquiry into whether SABC chair Zandile Tshabalala lied about her academic qualifications is set to resume on Wednesday, parliament’s communications portfolio committee announced on Tuesday. “The committee began the inquiry last month on 14 October 2014 but

IT technician Obakeng Israel Busang on Tuesday denied involvement in defrauding the Post Office and the Gautrain Management Agency (GMA). “I intend pleading not guilty as I did not commit the offences, did not defraud or worked with anyone in order to do so,” NB Kwinana, for Busang, read

In an attempt to get holidaymakers to fill up at its petrol stations rather than those of its rivals, fuel retailer Engen is introducing Wi-Fi hotspots – with limited free access – at 32 sites set to go live countrywide by mid-December. The petrol stations chosen are along the country’s main highways. Fourteen

Vox Telecom has beaten six other bidders to win a contract from the Square Kilometre Array (SKA) in South Africa to deploy satellite-based Internet access and voice telephony to 300 farmers in areas around the sensitive radio

Germany’s Max-Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy is to commit R150m to the construction and installation of radio receivers on South Africa’s MeerKAT radio telescope, it was announced on Tuesday. The 64-dish MeerKAT, expected to be

MTN South Africa’s chief enterprise officer, Lambo Kanagaratnam, has resigned from the company and will be replaced by former Cisco MD Alpheus Mangale, the telecommunications operator said on Tuesday. Lambotharan is leaving the company