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“I want to say in this house that I gave the best I could do to do my job. And that if in the course of me doing my job I made a mistake, I am sorry, I apologise.” Those were the brief words uttered by former communications minister Dina Pule after she was reprimanded by parliament and subjected
The cost of banking has remained unchanged in the past year, according to research by trade union Solidarity released on Tuesday. “Monthly bank costs have started to stagnate at an R80 to R100 level,” senior researcher Paul Joubert said at a presentation in Pretoria. “Bank fees are a lot better
Communications department director-general Rosey Sekese has apologised to parliament’s portfolio committee on communications for misleading it last year over her failure to sign a performance agreement. In January, Sekese was placed on special leave
Sentech’s direct-to-home satellite service, Vivid, is being rebranded as Freevision as the company gears up to take on OpenView HD, which Hosken Consolidated Investments (HCI), the owner of e.tv, intends launching in October. Vivid is the platform the state-owned broadcasting signal distributor
The latest annual financial results from Blue Label Telecoms show that Cell C is gaining ground on its rivals and is specifically stealing market share from rival MTN. In a presentation accompanying publication of its results for the financial year ended 31 May 2013, the company, which is by far the country’s largest
JSE-listed Blue Label Telecoms has hiked headline earnings per share by 17% in the year ended 31 May 2013 if the effect of a once-off income receipt of R79,4m in the prior year is excluded. The strong performance came despite relatively flat revenue growth from continuing operations
MTN South Africa has applied for access to a sliver of spectrum between 2 010MHz and 2 015MHz to provide mobile broadband services, the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (Icasa) said on Monday. Since MTN filed its application
Roads agency Sanral is set to spend R85m this year on advertising its controversial e-tolling plans in Gauteng, according to transport minister Dipuo Peters. “The SA National Roads Agency Ltd has a budgeted amount of R85m, which will be used for both the alternative sources of funding campaigns
Following its acquisition of SAP specialist Swicon360 in 2012, JSE-listed technology group AdaptIT says it is again looking for acquisitions of companies that operate in complementary areas and that will bring long-term, blue-chip clients to the table. The company’s
MTN’s chief corporate services officer has been suspended allegedly over his role in the diversion of sponsorship funds for the ICT indaba, Business Day reported on Monday. The newspaper reported that Robert Madzonga was also threatening to take take legal action against former
