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SABC group CEO Lulama Mokhobo has taken disciplinary steps against her news chief, Phil Molefe, and is charging him with refusing to accept her authority. At an SABC board meeting this week, Mokhobo discussed the charges she had

Government late on Friday finally provided the first insight into why cabinet torpedoed a proposal by Telkom to sell 20% of its equity to Korea’s KT Corp. The decision, taken on Wednesday and announced by Telkom on Friday morning, sent the telecommunications operator’s share price plummeting lower

With Telkom doing away with its 384kbit/s fixed-line broadband plan in favour of a 1Mbit/s product, consumers look set to get better speeds without having to fork out more cash to Internet service providers (ISPs) for corresponding data packages, according to industry players. Vox Telecom co-CEO

Telkom has finally lifted the lid off its plans to increase fixed-line broadband speeds. The company is doing away with its 384kbit/s service and replacing it with a 1Mbit/s product. Customers with 1Mbit/s lines will in future connect at 2Mbit/s. The operator emphasises that these

Telkom’s share price was down by nearly 6% in late afternoon trading on the JSE on Friday after it announced that government would not support its proposed plan to sell 20% of its equity to Korea’s KT Corp under the terms put forward. The share has declined to levels last

The SA Communications Forum (SACF), an industry lobby group whose members include the SABC and the big telecommunications operators, wants a “return path” built into the government-subsidised set-top boxes that will be used for digital terrestrial television, allowing South Africans to surf the

Nokia’s flagship Windows Phone device, the Lumia 900, as well as its lower-end Lumia 610 should be available in SA by the end of this month. The Lumia 900 is Nokia’s top Windows Phone-powered device and the 610 is positioned as the most affordable device

Telkom has been dealt a giant blow by government after cabinet rejected the fixed-line operator’s plan to sell 20% of its equity to Korean telecommunications giant KT Corp. The news will come as a blow to Telkom’s management team and its CEO, Numbulelo Moholi

Trade union Solidarity says a Cell C employee has committed suicide after he received notice of his retrenchment. Solidarity has demanded that the company halt further retrenchments and consult with unions representing members who could be affected by the process. According to media reports

Democratic Alliance MP and shadow deputy communications minister Butch Steyn wants clarity from communications minister Dina Pule about whether or not foreign-made set-top boxes or digital converters for digital terrestrial television can be sold in SA. Steyn has written a letter to Pule