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Telkom cannot use the fact that it is relatively overstaffed and unproductive to hold back local-loop unbundling. The Independent Communications Authority of South Africa has rejected arguments the fixed-line operator has put forward about the impact of its so-called “access-line deficit” and has
The horror truck accident on Fields Hill near Pinetown in Durban, posted by eNews Channel Africa, was the video South Africans watched the most on YouTube in 2013, Google, which owns the video platform, said on Wednesday. Globally, the world watched the The Fox more than 265m times
Media24 denied on Wednesday that it plagiarised seven stories by Caxton’s online business news service Moneyweb. “There is no copyright or exclusivity in news items. No copyright exists on facts, figures, names, places or even quotes in news stories,” Media24 said in a statement
As any international traveller can attest, roaming overseas with a South African Sim card can be prohibitively expensive, with data charges often running to hundreds of rand per megabyte. Vodacom has introduced a new product that should help jetsetters reduce
The Square Kilometre Array (SKA) Organisation is considering changing its governance structure to a treaty organisation because of tax. The organisation, comprising the countries that are financing the world’s biggest radio telescope, is currently a corporation
Eight leading American technology companies have joined forces to demand changes be made to US surveillance laws, calling for current laws and practices to be reformed in light of revelations of mass surveillance of Internet users’ activities by the National Security Agency. In a letter
Roads agency Sanral’s credit rating has been affirmed by rating agency Moody’s Investors Service, according to a report. Sanral’s credit rating has been downgraded three times since February last year and was placed under review for a downgrade in September, according to a report in the
This week, e-tolling began on highways upgraded as part of the Gauteng Freeway Improvement Project despite ongoing resistance from political organisations, business, labour and the public. The cost of the 185km project increased by 222% from R6,4bn in 2006. Within
Shareholders in an unlisted and little-known company, ElementOne, will have heaved a collective sigh of relief after a consortium offered to acquire its full 39,4% share in the publishing and media company Caxton in a R2,3bn transaction was approved. There was
Cabinet’s decision, led by communications minister Yunus Carrim, to mandate the use of an encryption system based on a control system in the set-top boxes that government will subsidise for poorer households has drawn both warm praise and stinging criticism from industry players
