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In all of the Square Kilometre Array (SKA) excitement, we’ve forgotten that it is first and foremost a scientific instrument, created to allow scientists to answer questions that can’t be answered with existing equipment: how are galaxies created? Are there other habitable planets? What is dark matter? What is
What to do about sacked communications minister Dina Pule is being discussed at a “high level” in the ANC, the party’s deputy secretary-general, Jessie Duarte, said on Monday. “It is not being dismissed as casually as it may seem,” Duarte told reporters in Johannesburg
SABC channels will soon be broadcast on signal distributor Sentech’s direct-to-home satellite (DTH-S) platform, Freevision, the two parties said on Monday “The agreement will see the SABC providing SABC 1, SABC 2 and SABC 3 as well as SABC News, which is currently airing on DStv, while Sentech will manage the
MTN has revised the terms and conditions of its AnyTime contracts, with the result that bundled on-network minutes are depleted only after other bundled minutes have been used up. Now customers are calling on the operator to explain the change and amend its advertising
Roads agency Sanral and Electronic Toll Collections (ETC) have budgeted to spend R473,2m on communicating with e-toll account holders and transgressors, says the Democratic Alliance, which has a copy the contract between the two companies. The total cost of communications
Microsoft’s long-serving and sometimes controversial CEO, Steve Ballmer, 57, will step down from the US software company within the next 12 months. This will happen after the conclusion of a process to choose his successor, the company says in a statement. The news sent Microsoft’s
The following is the text of an internal e-mail sent by Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer to the software maker’s employees outlining the reasons behind his decision to step down within the next 12 months. “I am writing to let you know that I will retire as CEO of Microsoft within the next 12 months
Outgoing Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer developed a reputation over the years for his exuberant personality and enthusiastic keynote addresses, many of which have become firm favourites on YouTube. He was also prone to gaffes, including his ridiculing
Cuts in recent years to to wholesale mobile termination rates, the fees operators charge each other to carry calls between their networks, haven’t gone far enough, communications minister Yunus Carrim said on Friday. “We’ve acknowledged that the costs have come down, but this glide
Communications minister Yunus Carrim intends issuing a new policy direction to the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (Icasa) dealing with the unbundling of Telkom’s local loop of copper-cable infrastructure into homes and businesses. Speaking on a Google Hangout organised by
