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Sentech CEO Setumo Mohapi has been appointed as CEO of the State IT Agency (Sita), according to a cabinet statement released on Thursday. However, in a bizarre twist, Mohapi has denied this in an SMS sent to TechCentral. Cabinet spokesman Phumla Williams

Lonehill in northern Johannesburg is set to become the next suburb to get high-speed fibre to the home, this time thanks to MTN South Africa. More than 3 000 homes in the suburb will be

Standard & Poor’s (S&P) has downgraded Eskom’s long-term credit rating to BB+ following the suspension of four of its senior officials, it said on Thursday. This had led the ratings agency to have less confidence in the company’s corporate governance arrangements

A new survey by Ipsos indicates that South Africa is on the cusp of an e-commerce boom, and that boom will be driven by mobile. About 22% of South Africa’s Internet users have shopped online, with a further 48% indicating that they intend doing so. And more

A new study conducted by research firm Ipsos shows that only 22% of South African Internet users have made purchases online, but that 48% expect to do so in future. The research, conducted on behalf of PayPal and First National Bank, shows that e-commerce

Datatec looks set to turn in a robust performance for its 2015 financial year, with revenues in the 12 months to 28 February 2015 expected to rise by about 12,5% to US$6,4bn and underlying earnings

There has been an armed robbery at a Vodacom store in the upmarket Hyde Park Corner shopping centre in northern Johannesburg, according to a news report. Eyewitness News quotes witnesses, including radio personality Jenny Cryws Williams