Controversial SABC executive Hlaudi Motsoeneng is keeping mum on whether it could be the end of the road for him at the public broadcaster. The SABC on Thursday held a press conference to respond to MPs calls
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The publication this week of the deeply problematic national integrated ICT policy white paper is just the latest episode in 22 years of ANC policy making that has left a rotten legacy for the sector. The industry has made progress in the
Communications minister Faith Muthambi has distanced her office from former government spin doctor Mzwanele “Jimmy” Manyi. Earlier this week, Manyi tweeted that SABC executive Hlaudi Motsoeneng was on the “right side” of the
It’s South Africa’s equivalent to the proverbial $640 Pentagon toilet seat — a paper binding machine that the government buys from its suppliers for the rand equivalent of almost R28 000, about 13 times what it costs in a store. Kenneth Brown, the nation’s 54-year-old
Samsung Electronics’s global recall of Note7 smartphones received a fresh blow after a replacement device was blamed for smoke that led to the evacuation of a Southwest Airlines plane in the US. The Federal Aviation Administration and the Consumer Product Safety
First National Bank has debuted a new version of its transactional banking application that allows users to make payments simply by tapping their smartphones at a contactless point of sale. The new functionality
JSE-listed Blue Label Telecoms, through its subsidiary The Prepaid Company, has announced it will acquire 45% of Cell C for R5,5bn. It had previously said it intended buying 35% of the mobile operator for R4bn as part
Financial woes continue to weigh on the South African Post Office as it has recorded a R1,1bn final loss for the year ended 31 March 2016. The state-owned company has published its financial results
The SABC board on Wednesday said that none of the allegations made against former chief operating officer Hlaudi Motsoeneng are…
Naspers’s video-on-demand service, ShowMax, has gone live in Kenya, with the company introducing a new, lower-priced tier, called ShowMax Select, in the East African nation that costs US$3/month (about R45/month). ShowMax Premium, priced at