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Although Cell C supports government’s idea of a national wholesale open-access network (Woan), communications regulator Icasa should not wait any longer to allocate spectrum in the 2,6GHz band. That’s the view of the mobile

New finance minister Malusi Gigaba said he will work within the country’s fiscal framework and doesn’t plan to remove treasury director-general Lungisa Fuzile. “I will work within the fiscal framework as agreed by

Social development minister Bathabile Dlamini admitted for the first time that the failure of her department to comply with a 2014 court order could have led to more than 17m welfare recipients not getting their

President Jacob Zuma is coming under increased pressure from inside his ruling ANC to justify sweeping cabinet changes in which he fired the finance minister, sending the rand tumbling and borrowing costs

Communications regulator Icasa should cut mobile termination rates to zero, Cell C CEO Jose Dos Santos said on Friday. Speaking in a wide-ranging podcast interview with TechCentral (to be published

President Jacob Zuma faced a widening public backlash from senior members of the ANC, including his deputy, Cyril Ramaphosa, the day after he fired his finance minister and made sweeping cabinet changes. “I have made

South African bank stocks tumbled and bonds plunged as the rand headed for its biggest weekly slide since 2015 after the firing of finance minister Pravin Gordhan raised concerns about the country’s fiscal path and its

MTN Group awarded executive chairman Phuthuma Nhleko R72,2m in pay and bonuses last year after he negotiated a reduced fine with Nigerian regulators and shook up senior management. Nhleko, 56, was paid a R30m

MTN’s interim group executive chairman, Phuthuma Nhleko, took home more than R72m in the 2016 financial year, during which time he acted as CEO and as chairman of the crisis-hit emerging markets telecommunications

Samsung Electronics knows it needs to get its new flagship smartphone right. Apart from making sure the gadget won’t cause bodily harm, the company packed it with a plethora of new features