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Eskom chairman Zola Tsotsi has resigned, the electricity provider confirmed on Tuesday. “It happened overnight following a presentation he gave to the board,” said spokesman Khulu Phasiwe. “He then told them that in the interest of the company and the country, he felt it
If you’re wondering why you seem to be wasting your life sitting in traffic, TomTom’s Traffic Index has the answer. And while Cape Town and Johannesburg lead the way in South Africa, our cities are thankfully some way behind the world’s worst jams. The most congested traffic
After almost 77 years of providing constant news coverage, the South African Press Association has turned off the lights. The announcement in late February that the country’s only independent news wire service was closing shop left many saddened, shocked and
It appears that a potentially crippling strike at Telkom has been averted. The Communication Workers Union, which had threatened to take its members out on strike over grievances, now appears to have
MTN South Africa has defended its unilateral implementation from November 2014 of a US$0,25/minute interconnection fee on international inbound calls and has warned the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa that it will take the
President Jacob Zuma is trying to resolve issues with the SABC board, his office said on Monday. “The president, who appoints members of the SABC board on the advice of the national assembly
In collaboration with Ster-Kinekor and Drone Force, TechCentral is giving away five Nano Quadcopters to five lucky readers to celebrate the opening of the new movie Robot Overlords. If you’ve ever wondered what would happen if the Transformers weren’t
Average mobile data prices in South Africa are too low and need to rise for operators to be able to afford to invest in next-generation broadband infrastructure, says MTN South Africa CEO Ahmad
The erstwhile chair of communications regulator Icasa, Paris Mashile, has added his voice to the set-top box debate. And his views reflect those of communications minister Faith Muthambi. Mashile, who chaired the Icasa council from 2004
Eskom contractors have fired over a thousand workers for taking part in an illegal strike at the Medupi power station in Lephalale in Limpopo, the power utility said on Friday. “The workers were fired for embarking on an illegal strike
