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Communications Minister Faith Muthambi will attend a meeting at Luthuli House on Monday where she is expected to be told to take action against the SABC board, ANC communications sub-committee member Jackson Mthembu told the Sunday Times. Muthambi is part of the committee

The SABC on Sunday refused to confirm the veracity of a union report that the disciplinary hearings of suspended news journalists have been suspended – some indefinitely. “We do not comment on

Standard Bank has no plans, at least for the foreseeable future, to launch a mobile virtual network operator. The banking group’s chief executive for personal and business banking

South Africa’s state-owned power utility may ask the nation’s energy regulator for permission to raise prices more than allowed so it can recoup more than R40bn of non-budgeted expenses incurred over two years, an analyst at Rand Merchant Bank said.

The South African Reserve Bank has approved the Post Office’s first-level application for a banking licence for Postbank. The awarding of the licence means that the Postbank is closer to offering more than just savings accounts as it will

Strike action at the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa has stretched to a fifth day. Workers are demanding that they receive pay rises and bonuses back-dated to 2014 and a reversal or human resource policies, such a performance

Blockchain technology could swallow as much as 40% of global banking revenue by overtaking the verification of payment transactions, according to Farzam Ehsani, leader of Rand Merchant Bank’s blockchain initiative, who believes that in the future we

With less than four weeks to go until South Africa holds local government elections, the ANC continues to lag its main rival in three key municipalities that it currently controls, the latest eNCA public opinion survey shows. The ANC had the support

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella announced a broad reorganisation of the company’s senior executive ranks as long-time chief operating officer Kevin Turner prepares to leave for another job. Instead of naming one new COO

Organisers and campaigners in Zimbabwe have advised citizens to tap social media to drum up support for protests against President Robert Mugabe until he steps down. The organisers and campaigners are advising citizens to keep