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The shake-up of the top management team at MTN continues. The South African-headquartered emerging-markets telecommunications group has hired Jens Schulte-Bockum as its new chief operating officer, replacing

Communications regulator Icasa has laid criminal charges against the SABC for failing to adhere to a ruling it made regarding the withdrawal of its “protest policy”, MPs heard on Wednesday. The broadcaster appeared to have reneged on its agreement to

ANC chief whip Jackson Mthembu has said that the walkout staged by an SABC delegation during a parliamentary inquiry into its board was “disgusting”. Parliament’s ad hoc committee looking into the fitness of the SABC board

The SABC has refused to hand over 10 of 15 requested documents to parliament’s ad hoc committee looking into the fitness of its board, MPs heard on Wednesday. Ad hoc committee chairman Vincent Smith informed the

Parliament’s inquiry into the SABC board will continue its work, despite members of the broadcaster walking out of the inquiry in protest on Wednesday. Obert Maguvhe, the last remaining board member, on Tuesday launched

Vodacom has finally announced uncapped plans for fibre-to-the-home broadband across a range of infrastructure providers where it acts as an Internet service provider. The uncapped price plans have been introduced in addition to the existing

Standard Bank has launched an initiative aimed at increasing the percentage of women working in the traditionally male-dominated technology field. The bank’s Geek Girl initiative will focus on young women, aiming to “inspire

Parliament’s ad hoc committee looking into the fitness of the SABC board will begin interviewing witnesses on Wednesday. The ad hoc committee’s work stalled last week after the last remaining board member, Mbulaheni

JSE-listed technology group Altron has announced arguably the biggest shake-up in its 51-year history, setting out plans to introduce a new strategic partner and to collapse its control structure. The news sent the share price soaring by more than

South Africa’s economic growth slowed in the third quarter as factory production and trade contracted, complicating the government’s task of boosting output to avoid a possible credit-rating downgrade to junk next year. GDP expanded an