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Sanral was operating at full capacity on Wednesday following an evacuation of its office building, the Electronic Toll Collection (ETC) said. “Employees are back at work today, and everything is running normally,” said ETC CEO Jamie Surkont. The Tshwane hazardous
Biological testing proved that the white powder found at Sanral’s operations centre in Pretoria on Tuesday was not anthrax, the Electronic Toll Collection said. Thirty-seven people were decontaminated and hospitalised as a precautionary measure
No one in Mandla Maseko’s family has ever stepped outside South Africa, but the young township deejay is set to rocket into space next year. From the dusty streets of Mabopane, near Pretoria, 25-year-old Maseko has landed a coveted seat to fly 103km into space in 2015, after
The cost of electronic readers and bandwidth constraints in South Africa are keeping a lid of the sale of e-books, resulting in penetration being lower here than in many other markets in Europe, the Middle East and Africa. This is a key finding in PwC’s recent report, South African
Telkom’s share price climbed marginally on the JSE on Tuesday after a report overnight suggested it may be in discussions with an investment group from Southeast Asia that may be prepared to invest up to US$3bn into the operator’s struggling mobile division. According to a
The Gauteng highway e-tolling system was disrupted on Tuesday Sanral’s operations centre in Pretoria had to be evacuated, the company said. Roads agency Sanral spokesman Vusi Mona could not say how the system was disrupted. “Our priority is to ensure the safety of the people
The ANC has launched a mobile application on Mxit to target the youth vote across South Africa ahead of the general election, which will take place in the first half of 2014. The “My ANC” app comes on the back of the “My ANC Western Cape” Mxit app, which the party claims has
There were many unanswered questions about a satellite reportedly commissioned eight years ago under the title “Project Flute”, the Democratic Alliance said on Sunday. “It is time, after more than eight years and R1bn, for government to provide some straight answers about
Complaints about e-tolling will be taken up by the National Consumer Commission (NCC), but should not be the first line of complaint, commissioner Ebrahim Mohamed said on Monday. “The NCC always encourages consumers to lodge complaints at the point of sale, and attempts
Gauteng motorists not registered for e-tolls should pay their e-toll bills as soon as possible to avoid being charged more, roads agency Sanral said on Sunday. “When you do not have an e-tag and if you do not pay within the stipulated seven days, there is an additional cost, which could
