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Communications regulator Icasa has denied some prominent South Africans radio licences. Icasa refused to grant a licence to Durban-based Capital Radio 604, of which former South African Reserve Bank governor Tito Mboweni’s investment holding company would have owned 40%, according to the Sunday
South African Apple distributor Core Group has been ordered by the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) to withdraw an advertisement in which it claims that Apple iPads are used four times more than other tablet computers. The order followed a complaint lodged
SABC bosses were protecting their positions when they decided not to broadcast an advertisement by the Democratic Alliance, party leader Helen Zille said on Saturday. “They are terrified for their positions because he [president Jacob Zuma] deployed them,” she
The Democratic Alliance on Friday accused the SABC of censoring it following a notice to pull the party’s election advert. “The DA has received notice from the SABC that it is removing the DA’s ‘Ayisafani’ television commercial from the airwaves,” spokesman Mmusi Maimane said in a statement. “This is censorship pure and simple.” The advert
The SABC’s newsrooms are in the grip of paranoia ahead of the general election with fears of eavesdropping and phone interceptions. This comes after editorial staff members were “reminded” by the co-operation’s chairperson, Ellen Zandile Tshabalala, that they should stop leaks because they were working in a national key point
Fully 19% of South African online banking users have been victims of online fraud such as 419 scams and phishing attacks, up from just 10% a year ago, a new independent research survey shows. Columinate’s 2014 “Internet Banking SITEisfaction” survey, the third it has conducted, shows, too, that the number of
There appears to be no stopping the rise in Telkom’s share price. The counter added nearly 5% on Thursday, to close near the R40 mark. It’s now flirting with levels last seen in 2010, after it offloaded its 50% stake in Vodacom to Vodafone and to shareholders. The share closed at R39,70, up by 4,1%, after having touched
Telkom has warned that fraudsters are targeting its customers using a deposit refund scam. Criminals deposit a stolen or counterfeit cheque into customers’ accounts, and then on a false Telkom letterhead inform them that the company has erroneously deposited the cheque as reimbursement for overpayment on their telephone account
The Film and Publication Board (FPB) has issued updated tariffs for content providers, in the process introducing a new “licensing fee for online distribution”. It’s a move that is raising concern among Internet service providers. Gazette 37531, effective from 7 April, introduced the new fee category without it being subjected
MultiChoice has criticised communications regulator Icasa over its decision to ask the Competition Commission to probe a “possible restrictive horizontal practice” between it and the SABC over the supply by the public broadcaster of a 24-hour news channel
