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The Democratic Alliance has filed papers in the Western Cape high court to have former SABC chief operating officer Hlaudi Motsoeneng’s appointment as group executive of corporate affairs declared invalid. In its application, the

The remaining members of the SABC board will not win the fight to cling to their positions, an ANC MP has said. This after the board members were sent letters by parliament’s communications committee asking them to resign and

Afrihost said on Tuesday that it is entering the fibre-to-the-home market using the infrastructure deployed by Vumatel, Telkom’s Openserve and TT Connect, a fibre provider on Johannesburg’s East Rand. Now, the company has

The South African Revenue Service says its tax and customs offices will close at 5pm on Friday due to a substantial IT system upgrade and maintenance. To minimise disruptions on the day, Sars said its employees

MTN Group, which has US$1bn stuck in Iran, agreed to invest the equivalent of R315m in Snapp.ir, the Islamic Republic’s first taxi-hailing smartphone application. The funds “will allow us to quickly expand to other

Gupta family lawyers have told the public protector that should the findings of her state capture report include that the family was “in any way whatsoever involved in inappropriate conduct,” she would be doing so at

Renewable energy will also cost South Africa in excess of R1 trillion and it’s up to Eskom to say if they can afford it, as it will be funded from the power utility’s balance sheet, said energy minister Tina Joemat-Pettersson on Tuesday. The minister

Afrihost, the Internet service provider best known for its aggressively priced digital subscriber line and mobile data products, is belatedly entering the fibre-to-the-home broadband market. The company said on

Samsung Electronics is ending production of its problematic Galaxy Note7 smartphones, taking the drastic step of killing off a smartphone that became a major headache for the South Korean electronics maker. After halting sales of the

Finance minister Pravin Gordhan was summoned to appear in court on fraud charges next month, the latest twist in a struggle with President Jacob Zuma that could cause South Africa’s credit rating to be downgraded to