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President Jacob Zuma on Monday dismissed media reports that he was angry about the Gauteng ANC’s position on electronic tolling in the province. “South Africa is a democratic country and the leadership of the ANC in Gauteng has every right to state their views and that of the
The ANC in Gauteng wants to submit alternatives to e-tolling in the province, chairman Paul Mashatile said on Sunday. “Conference did not talk about scrapping the e-tolls. We said we don’t support e-tolling in its current form,” he told reporters at the
PricewaterhouseCoopers forecasts that 72% of South Africans will access the Internet through their cellphone by 2018. Will Cell C still be competing in this market and will these new mobile data consumers be getting bang for
Long lead times in securing permission from government agencies to build infrastructure as well as ongoing delays in the allocation of access to additional frequency spectrum is putting MTN and other operators in a “precarious” and
South Africa’s largest mobile operator, Vodacom, has told public hearings on competition in South Africa’s technology sector that operators are being “disintermediated” by over-the-top (OTT) providers like WhatsApp. The company was presenting its views to a panel of Icasa councillors and
Consumers will be hit with a 12,7% electricity tariff hike next year, the National Energy Regulator of South Africa (Nersa) announced on Friday. Nersa approved Eskom’s plans to recoup losses after it had under-recovered money during the multi-year-price-determination
Taxpayers have had to pay close to R13m for two former SABC executives’ golden handshakes when they left the embattled broadcaster.The 2013/2014 annual report of the SABC, tabled in parliament this week, revealed that former CEO Lulama Mokhobo was paid just over R8m
National government, through roads agency Sanral, makes policy governing the e-tolling system on Gauteng roads, the transport department said on Friday. “There’s only one centre of policy making as far as government is concerned and that’s national government,” said department spokesman
Dark Fibre Africa has won a legal battle at the supreme court of appeal, allowing it to continue the construction of a fibre-optic broadband network in the Msunduzi (Pietermaritzburg) municipality. The municipality filed a case against Dark
Telkom has become the second big operator in as many weeks to call on over-the-top (OTT) service providers to contribute a fair share for their use of South Africa’s telecommunications infrastructure. OTT players include
