Communications regulator Icasa has pushed back the date of a planned auction of broadband wireless spectrum to March 2017. It has also reportedly softened the requirements around black economic empowerment. The authority published
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The ANC Youth League on Sunday threw its weight behind former SABC chief operating officer Hlaudi Motsoeneng. “Whether there is matric or no matric, whatever you say, we want Hlaudi to be the COO of SABC
Twitter shares soared the most in more than two years on Friday after CNBC said the company may soon receive a takeover offer. The beleaguered social media company is engaged in conversations with
South Africa’s state-owned electricity utility forecasts it will have more than R150bn in 10 years’ time, money it could use to fund the country’s proposed plan to build nuclear power plants. Eskom’s stronger financial and operating performance
The communications ministry has not received any request from the SABC’s board for Hlaudi Motsoeneng to be appointed the broadcaster’s acting chief operating officer, it said on Thursday. “We want to state categorically
Vodacom has signed lease agreements with a range of fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) providers, promising broadband access starting at R499/month for 100GB of data on a 10Mbit/s line. The mobile operator, which is keen to build a significant presence
A week after securing a deal with national treasury worth up to R5bn, telecommunications group Vodacom has announced it has won a 15-year contract with the Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa worth an estimated
The SABC board has asked communications minister Faith Muthambi to appoint former SABC chief operating officer Hlaudi Motsoeneng as its acting COO until December. The board resolved that he be appointed acting
MPs could the take the debate on allegedly high South African mobile data prices one step further than just a portfolio committee hearing. Parliament’s portfolio committee on telecommunications
South African Reserve Bank (Sarb) governor Lesetja Kganyago announced on Thursday that the Bank’s monetary policy committee has decided to leave the interest rate unchanged. This means the repo rate, which is the interest rate at which