Communications minister Stella Ndabeni-Abrahams said on Tuesday evening that her department has paid Icasa the first tranche of its annual budget, a day after the communications regulator said it would take her to court to secure the funds.

The Competition Tribunal has approved the acquisition by Remgro’s Community Investment Ventures Holdings of Vumatel, but has attached long-term conditions to the sale.

Vodafone Group has acknowledged that it found vulnerabilities going back years – and subsequently resolved – with equipment supplied by Huawei for the carrier’s Italian business.

While its competitors are given the benefit of the doubt when their products are found vulnerable, Huawei is held to impossible standards for political reasons.

Samsung Electronics has unveiled a new type of television, one that sits in a vertical orientation to fit content filmed on mobile phones.

Newzroom Afrika, the new 24-hour new channel licensed by MultiChoice that replaces the defunct, formerly Gupta-owned ANN7, will be launched on DStv on Thursday.

Facebook is expected to provide more details on its plans to increase privacy and encryption when its annual developer conference begins on Tuesday night.

A poor sense of smell may predict premature death, even among healthy individuals, new research suggests.

Google investors may have had a flashback on Monday to the company’s bad old days of 2015. Back then, Google’s growth looked as if it hit a wall, and investors didn’t trust the company to spend its money wisely.

Alphabet’s first-quarter revenue missed analysts’ estimates, sparking concern that advertisers are shifting some spending to digital rivals. Shares of Google’s parent company fell more than 7% following the results.