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An independent probe has cleared Johannesburg’s City Power of corruption in the awarding of a R1,2bn tender for smart electricity meters, it said on Tuesday. “The independent investigation has found no evidence of fraud or corruption in City Power’s tender process for the procurement of smart meters,” City Power board
Microsoft is following US rival Google by launching a South African Web portal that offers small and medium enterprises (SMEs) access to free Web domains, hosting and other services. The Microsoft offering, called Biz4Afrika, offers a range of free
The Internet Service Providers’ Association (Ispa), which represents many of South Africa’s ISPs, has slammed comments made by Telkom CEO Sipho Maseko over local-loop unbundling (LLU), saying they “cannot remain unchallenged”. The association’s criticism of Maseko
The Gauteng e-tolling controversy offers president Jacob Zuma the opportunity to show government officials what he means by consultation, the Opposition to Urban Tolling Alliance (Outa) said on Tuesday. Zuma told residents of Soshanguve during a sitting of the national council
Cell C has emerged victorious in a complaint at the Advertising Standards Authority in a ruling that allows the country’s third largest mobile operator to continue to state in its marketing campaigns that it has the “most affordable rate to any network, any place, any time”
The next chapter in BlackBerry’s troubled history has been written. Thorsten Heins has been ousted as the struggling smartphone manufacturer’s CEO after plans to sell the company to its biggest shareholders, Fairfax Financial Holdings, fell through. Instead, Fairfax and other
The head of one of South Africa’s biggest technology distributors has been forced to step down following a cycling accident. MB Technologies said on Monday that its CEO, Glenn Fullerton, has resigned. Fullerton was involved in a serious cycling accident earlier this year
Windows XP users could be putting themselves in harm’s way if they don’t upgrade their operating system before 8 April 2014. That’s when Microsoft ends support for what will then be a 13-year-old operating system. After April, customers will no longer receive security updates
Absa and Telkom are cosying up over broadband. The two companies said on Monday that they had signed a collaboration agreement in terms of which Telkom will offer Absa customers rewards when subscribing to Telkom’s broadband products. The agreement
The SABC “unilaterally” decided on government policy when it announced last week that it would not support the inclusion of a conditional access or encryption system in the set-top boxes South Africans will need to access digital terrestrial television. That’s the
