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MTN has introduced a reverse-charge call feature on its network, allowing customers who have, for example, run out of airtime to make a call that is billed to the recipient. The service, called MTN Pay4Me, notifies the calling party that they’ll be paying for the call, allowing them to accept or
The Gauteng e-tolls are killing jobs and businesses in the province, the Democratic Alliance said on Monday. “The results so far reveal the e-tolls bill, for a sample of 50 small businesses, amounting to R850 000 so far this year,” MP
A project worth R518m to provide tablets and Internet connectivity to Gauteng schools will be investigated for potential violations of procurement processes, according to a report published on Monday. According to website Times Live, the auditor-general has flagged the project for tender irregularities
Former cabinet spokesman Phumla Williams on Sunday declined to comment on a report that she had been demoted and replaced by a junior employee at the communications department. “All I will say is I am no longer the cabinet spokesperson and the
Four people have been arrested for illegally possessing firearms in Table View, Cape Town, near a cellphone store, Western Cape police said on Sunday. “Their involvement in previous armed robberies is currently under investigation
SABC chief operating officer Hlaudi Motsoeneng is appealing the Western Cape cigh court order on his suspension, the public broadcaster reported on Friday. “I have instructed my lawyers to appeal with immediate effect,” he said. He said he respected the court but felt another court would come to
Public protector Thuli Madonsela will take the SABC court judgment on review with regard to the public protector’s constitutional powers, her office said on Friday. “She is of the respectful view that the judge’s basis for deciding that the public protector’s decisions are not binding is confusing,” spokesman
The Western Cape high court ordered on Friday that SABC chief operating officer Hlaudi Motsoeneng be suspended with immediate effect, the Democratic Alliance said. “The Western Cape high court ordered that he be suspended with immediate effect pending the outcome of a disciplinary hearing
A new report on mobile Internet use in Africa shows South Africa has mobile penetration of 133%, measured by active Sim cards. That’s much higher than that of Kenya and Nigeria, which are at 70% and 72% respectively. The study was conducted by On Device Research, a mobile research company, with a
Eskom interim CEO Collin Matjila has stirred controversy at the power utility over a R43m contract to sponsor The New Age’s (TNA) breakfast briefings, the Mail & Guardian reported on Friday. The new contract commits the cash-strapped power utility to sponsor around one TNA breakfast briefing
