Communications minister Faith Muthambi said on Wednesday she is not yet in a position to comment on the Western Cape High Court ruling against SABC chair Zandile Tshabalala. “I have just come directly from a cabinet committee
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The banner calling Cell C the most useless service provider in South Africa is defamatory to the point of unlawfulness, the high court in Johannesburg heard on Wednesday. In an urgent application before judge Sharise Weiner, Christopher Whittcutt, for Cell C, argued the banner was a defamatory
An investigation has found nothing wrong with Thuthukile Zuma’s appointment to a top ministry job, despite a previous report condemning these sorts of appointments. It was reported in July that Thuthukile Zuma, President Jacob Zuma’s daughter, was appointed as chief of staff
MPs felt vindicated by Wednesday’s Western Cape high court ruling refusing SABC chair Zandile Tshabalala an order to halt the continuation of a parliamentary inquiry into whether she lied about her qualifications. “We are vindicated. What it means for us is that we can proceed with our
SABC chair Zandile Tshabalala on Wednesday lost her court bid to halt a parliamentary inquiry into whether she lied about her qualifications. “Order for relief [is] refused,” said Western Cape high court judge Elizabeth Baartman in a judgment that lasted only a few seconds. Baartman did not
Kenya has become the third African country after Zambia and Tanzania to get the Facebook-led Internet.org application, giving Airtel customers in that country zero-rated access to a range of services, including Facebook, Wikipedia, Daily Nation, SuperSport and BBC News. Speaking at the opening keynote
A large Cell C banner put up by a disgruntled customer along Beyers Naude drive in Johannesburg has been vandalised. The banner, which appeared professionally printed and apparently bore the Cell C logo, was prominently displayed on the wall of the WorldWear mall along the busy road
Facebook and other so-called over-the-top service providers cannot put propositions on the table that are not profitable for mobile operators and doing so would be “contrary to our goal”. That’s the view of Chris Daniels, who heads Internet.org, the Facebook-led initiative to bring affordable Internet
As the debate over so-called over-the-top (OTT) service providers such as WhatsApp and Facebook continues to rage in the mobile telecommunications industry, MTN South Africa CEO Ahmad Farroukh has called for “balanced cooperation” between operators and OTT players. Farroukh says in a statement
A 96MW photovoltaic solar plant backed in part by US Internet giant Google has gone live in the Northern Cape, two months ahead of schedule, its backers said on Tuesday. The project is the largest solar installation in Africa, they said. SolarReserve, which develops utility-scale solar power projects