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Vodacom has begun offering fourth-generation (4G) mobile broadband access based on long-term evolution (LTE) technology to its prepaid customers for the first time. Until now, only contract users had access to the operator’s 4G/LTE network. 4G networks offer significantly faster download and upload
Two deputy commissioners have been appointed to serve six month terms on the Competition Commission, the economic development department said on Monday. “The two new deputy commissioners are advocate Oliver Josie and Ms Trudi Makhaya,” it said in a statement. Both of them
Communications minister Dina Pule has slammed allegations of nepotism against her and her boyfriend as a smear campaign. According to Pule’s spokesman, Siza Qoza, Pule believed she was the victim of a “politically motivated smear campaign [that] is characterised by people throwing mud at her in the hope that
Parliamentarians are likely to have to take personal responsibility for social media postings conducted during official proceedings, a weekend newspaper reported. “If a member sits in the house or a committee and sends out tweets, does the whole parliamentary privilege apply?” ANC member Cedrick Frolick, the house chairman
The Free State government’s control over information in the province appears to be growing with the recent takeover of the province’s only independent English-language newspaper by a company seen as having close ties to premier Ace Magashule and his senior officials
Eskom sells 9% of its electricity to BHP Billiton’s two aluminium smelters at less than one-fifth of the tariff paid by other consumers, Beeld reported on Friday. The preferential tariffs for the two smelters, Hillside in Richards Bay and Mozal in Maputo, allow the two loss-making smelters to be sustained while the rest of
Telkom has rubbished claims made by the Communication Workers Union that it plans to get rid of 13 000 of its employees, or more than half its workforce. Business Day newspaper reported on its website that the union had accused Telkom of moving to retrench the staff under the guise of voluntary severance and
Communications minister Dina Pule has outlined her department’s top five priorities and, surprisingly, the allocation of radio frequency spectrum is not among them. The minister outlined the priorities in a presentation to parliament on Wednesday in which she outlined the department
The auditor-general has agreed to investigate the awarding of a deal worth as much as R140m for development of an integrated Free State government website, the Democratic Alliance said on Wednesday. “The DA has received confirmation from the auditor-general that Free State premier Ace Magashule’s
Pay-television operator MultiChoice’s new bouquet of channels, the DStv “Family pack”, effectively replaces the two poorly performing DStv Select bouquets it introduced in partnership with Vodacom six years ago. Although the broadcaster will continue to offer the Select bouquets
