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Westinghouse Electric has filed a contempt of court application against Eskom in the high court in Johannesburg for allegedly failing to comply with a court order relating to a multibillion-rand tender. “This application for contempt of court

The content that will fill the airwaves after the digital terrestrial television (DTT) switch-on next year will be critical to the success of South Africa’s digital migration project and there are valuable lessons the country can learn from other

Internet content regulations should not be rushed into and, in fact, should be delayed until there has been a proper public consultation to create a legal and practical framework, the Internet Service Providers’ Association has warned

The Competition Tribunal has approved MTN’s acquisition of a majority 50% stake in Internet service provider Afrihost without attaching any conditions to the deal. The approval follows the recommendation last week

Dark Fibre Africa (DFA) has won a tender from the Parkview Residents’ Association to build a fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) network in Parkview and the neigbouring Greenside East in Johannesburg. The agreement will result in the deployment

MTN announced a new low-cost tablet and an update to its Steppa smartphone on Wednesday morning. It hopes the new offerings will entice first time smartphone and tablet users, and those on a shoestring budget. “Access to

South Africa’s independent press will find it harder to preserve its media freedom under the ANC government in the coming years, Naspers chairman Ton Vosloo said on Thursday. “Government and the ANC, through its national democratic

The power system was tight but manageable with no rolling blackouts expected, Eskom said on Wednesday. “No load shedding [is] expected as things stand,” spokesman Andrew Etzinger said. “We are taking this week one day at a time