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More than 380 Sentech workers around the country are engaged in strike action after the parastatal locked out staff on Saturday who gave notice of their intention to strike. The strike, which includes technicians, could potentially disrupt terrestrial television broadcasting in South Africa, which is largely done through
Cell C has revealed that its subscriber base had grown to 18,1m at the end of June, a 59% improvement on a year ago, as it announces plans to restructure its interest-bearing debt. The company reported a 10,5% increase in revenue over the same period, it said. The mobile operator, South Africa’s third largest
President Jacob Zuma’s daughter, Thuthukile, was appointed chief of staff at the department of telecommunications and postal services after consideration of her “capacity” for the position, the department said on Friday. “Thuthukile Zuma’s appointment … is consistent with the rules and regulations
Telkom CEO Sipho Maseko is under investigation after being implicated in an alleged car licensing cloning case, the City of Johannesburg said on Friday. “Whatever is happening in terms of allegations about him [Maseko] being on the wrong side of the law is being investigated by the Johannesburg metro police department
Mobile operator Cell C plans to restructure its debt, asking holders of its bonds for permission to extend repayment of money it’s meant to pay back to them next year by a further three years. Reuters reported on Friday that the mobile operator, South Africa’s third biggest after Vodacom and MTN, plans to restructure
A stadium in Bluegumbosch, QwaQwa, in the Free State, will be renamed after SABC chief operating officer Hlaudi Motsoeneng, The New Age reported on Friday. “It was decided unopposed by the community that the facility be named after Motsoeneng because the people felt he had done a lot of good things
The Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (Icasa) is reviewing the country’s content regulations for television and radio, it said on Friday. Before making the regulations final, the public would be called on to make comments about a discussion document published by Icasa, spokesman Paseka Maleka said
Cell C and MTN have chopped prepaid call rates again as South Africa’s mobile price war, which began in 2012, takes a fresh turn. Cell C announced that it is slashing its 66c/minute promotional prepaid offering to just 50c/minute
Gallo Images is looking into possibly purchasing the South African Press Association (Sapa), the news agency’s chairman said on Thursday. “Gallo is doing a due diligence process, where they are looking at the model, the production issues, the IT requirements, and they are also looking how it could be possible for
Communications minister Faith Muthambi has filed papers opposing the Democratic Alliance’s court challenge to the appointment of SABC chief operating officer Hlaudi Motsoeneng. “I have already done that,” she told reporters at
