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Exclusive | The communications minister has rejected the idea that South Africa must align with Washington or Beijing.

South Africa does not appear among the economies with a national AI strategy in a flagship new World Bank report.

Nomvuyiso Batyi warns Icasa has consulted operators but not the local government bodies that will have to apply the rules.

Spectrum that regulator Icasa set aside for the long-dead wholesale open-access network remains unassigned.

The operators want the high court to set aside regulations that will force automatic rollover of unused data bundles.

Industry body ACT used day one of Icasa’s rapid deployment hearings to demand binding municipal deadlines.

Operators say the rapid deployment rules, now in draft form, ignore the municipal wayleave bottleneck.

Solly Malatsi insists nobody influenced him into pursuing a policy his party, the DA, had already promised.

Stakeholders have until 21 August to weigh in before parliament decides the sector’s regulatory future.

The Comrades no-fly zone was a reminder that recreational drone flying is far more regulated than people think.