SqwidNet, the Internet of things (IoT) network operator launched as a partnership between Dark Fibre Africa and France-headquartered IoT specialist Sigfox, now covers 83% of South Africa’s population, it said on
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Free Wi-Fi must be provided to communities in both metropolitan and rural areas, and to all public schools, clinics and libraries, the ANC has resolved. The resolution is contained in the report of the party’s 54th
The SABC board said on Monday that “decisive and appropriate action” will be taken if allegations of fraud and corruption related to a R185m security tender awarded in July 2017 are proven to be true. The Star newspaper
It’s one of the more unusual deals in the art world. After more than a decade, an Alberta, Canada businessman has finally found a buyer for his prized collection of gold castings of Nelson Mandela’s hand. The final
Although the vast majority of South Africa’s telecommunications and technology companies will pass on the 1% increase in the value-added tax rate — from 14% to 15% — from 1 April, some are bucking the trend
Naspers, frustrated that investors give it no credit for its investments other than a stake in Chinese Internet behemoth Tencent, is considering listing some businesses on the stock market to highlight their value
MTN Group’s Ghanaian unit lifted its target for an upcoming initial public offering by more than a half to 3.48bn cedis (R9.3bn), according to two people familiar with the matter. Africa’s biggest mobile phone company
Sentech has appointed a long-serving company engineer as its new chief operating officer. The company said on Friday that it has named Tebogo Leshope to take the operational reins at the state-owned
Tencent Holdings has lost US$48bn (R566bn) of market value over two days, pummelled by a warning on margin pressure as well as a surprise sale of stock by its biggest shareholder. Asia’s largest company slumped
MTN has significantly increased the per-minute charges on certain “legacy” prepaid calling plans, though the company said the increases will only affect a subset of prepaid users and are in no way related to the VAT