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A cellphone store at the Glen shopping centre in Ormonde, Johannesburg, was robbed on Monday evening, Gauteng police said. “The suspects stole cellphones and fled the scene,” said Captain Doniah Mothutsane. No shots were fired and no injuries reported. “No arrests have been made
The Opposition To Urban Tolling Alliance (Outa) group said on Tuesday it was confused by transport minister Dipuo Peters’ stance on the e-tolls review. During a radio interview on Monday, Peters said there would be no review of the user-pays principle. She claimed that Gauteng premier David Makhura
Vox Telecom has acquired managed technology provider Dynamic IT as part of a growth and diversification strategy, it said on Tuesday. Dynamic IT was established 13 years ago and has clients nationally. The full Dynamic IT
Facebook has reached a significant milestone in Africa, announcing that as of June 2014, 100m people are connecting to the social network at least once a month. And showing that Africa truly is a “mobile first” continent, Facebook has revealed that 80% of users are
In another major cellular tower deal in Africa, Eaton Towers has acquired 3 500 base stations in six countries belonging to Indian-headquartered mobile network operator Bharti Airtel. In terms of the deal, Airtel will have a 10-year lease contract on the towers. Eaton already owns
Public protector Thuli Madonsela has been asked to investigate several city of Johannesburg officials for allegedly interfering in a metro police probe involving Telkom CEO Sipho Maseko, Business Times reported on Sunday. Madonsela’s spokesman Oupa Segalwe told
Online advertisements promising to rehabilitate indebted consumers’ credit records for a fee are often scams, credit bureau TransUnion said on Monday. These advertisements could be found on online classified websites such as Gumtree and OLX, fraud specialist Gayle Mower
After seven successive quarters of year-on-year declines, the African and Middle Eastern PC market has finally returned to growth, posting an annual improvement in sales of 2,2% in the second quarter of 2014 to reach 4,5m units. The data, from research and advisory firm
Disgraced former communications minister Dina Pule and her lieutenants at the department of communications at the time could be in very serious trouble. President Jacob Zuma on Thursday signed a proclamation asking the Special Investigating Unit to probe alleged corruption
The Democratic Alliance on Friday accused the SABC of imposing a “blackout” on a news report involving one of the broadcaster’s senior officials. “An analysis of media reports indicates an SABC news blackout on the issue of SABC chief operating officer Hlaudi Motsoeneng’s salary,” Democratic
