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Telkom will launch commercial fourth-generation long-term evolution (4G/LTE) broadband products “within weeks”, Telkom Mobile MD Attila Vitai says. In an interview with TechCentral, Vitai has disclosed that the company expects to have

The decision to dissolve the embattled SABC board and appoint an interim board was bulldozed through parliament, opposition parties claimed in the national assembly on Tuesday. Speaking during a short debate in the house, Democratic Alliance MP Marian Shinn said the problems at the SABC, which led

The SABC board was officially dissolved after a heated meeting of parliament’s communications portfolio committee on Tuesday. Before the disbanding, one of the last two remaining board members, Suzanne Vos, gave the committee her views on the events leading up to the resignation of nine board members

Pay-television operator MultiChoice has launched a new DStv channel bouquet called the “Family” pack, which will be launched on 9 April at R175/month. DStv Family will consist of more than 45 channels, 17 of which have not been on

The Square Kilometre Array (SKA) radio telescope is one of the most exciting science projects of the century, project director Bernie Fanaroff said on Tuesday. “The science is as evolutionary and exciting as the work being done at Cern (European Organisation for Nuclear Research),” he told delegates at a New Age

Telkom’s fixed-line broadband expansion plans can now continue unhindered after the telecommunications operator won a crucial battle at the supreme court of appeal in Bloemfontein. The supreme court on Monday dismissed an application brought by ZTE Mzanzi, a black-owned telecommunications company

It is likely the SABC board will be dissolved, communications portfolio committee chairman Sikhumbuzo Kholwane announced on Monday. Kholwane told reporters at parliament that communications minister Dina Pule would give the committee a report back on developments at the public broadcaster on Tuesday

Botswana has adopted the Japanese standard for digital terrestrial television instead of the European standard favoured by many of its neighbours, a newspaper report has said, prompting sharp criticism from an industry body. According to Botswana’s DailyNews newspaper

President Jacob Zuma on Monday accepted the resignations of most members of the SABC board, including chairman Ben Ngubane and his deputy Thami ka Plaatjie. In the wake of Ngubane and Ka Plaatjie’s joint resignation letter last week, Zuma had received six more and accepted all, presidential spokesman Mac

Christian and civil society groups are uniting behind a boycott of TopTV as the company seeks permission to broadcast three adult channels, the Family Policy Institute said on Monday. “[The] Family Policy Institute (FPI), in partnership with several major Christian denominations in South Africa, has launched a nationwide