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Picketing action by striking workers at the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (Icasa) has stretched into a sixth week. Workers are demanding salary increases backdated to 2015 and bonus pay

South Africa is the third most miserable place on the planet, according to a new study, behind Venezuela and Bosnia. The Land of Smiles, meanwhile, really is the happiest place in the world, at least

South Africans were politically preoccupied when it came to news and social media during the week local government elections took place, media monitoring company ROi Africa said on Sunday. “Almost 90%

A planned sale of shares in Vodacom by the Public Investment Corp to black investors has been abandoned, according to two people familiar with the situation. The proposed sale by Africa’s biggest

South African President Jacob Zuma is facing renewed calls for his removal as senior leaders of the ANC, including two cabinet ministers, blamed him and his closest supporters for the party’s worst electoral

MTN has taken an R88m bath on the sale of its 50% stake in Internet service provider Afrihost, the telecommunications group revealed alongside its interim financial results for the six months to June

MTN Group will consider raising its full-year dividend above forecasts if business conditions improve after the settlement of a record fine in Nigeria led to the first-ever half-year loss at Africa’s biggest mobile phone

MTN South Africa has appointed former OpenView HD head Maxwell Nonge as chief digital officer. In the new role, Nonge will be responsible for driving the telecommunications operator’s expansion in the media space

South African President Jacob Zuma will face renewed pressure to quit after partial election results showed his ANC losing outright control of the capital, Pretoria, and Johannesburg in its worst electoral showing since