The number of subscribers on MTN South Africa’s network declined by almost 3% in the past year to 29,8m, parent MTN Group revealed in its interim financial results for the six months ended June 2016. The prepaid and

MTN has hit a perfect storm of bad news in the first half of its 2016 financial year, with the telecommunications group warning that it will report a basic headline loss per share of between R2,55 and R2,85 on Friday when it

MTN Group shares gained the most in more than five weeks after Africa’s biggest mobile phone operator booked the full value of a 330bn naira (US$1bn) fine in Nigeria, drawing a line under a 10-month saga that

The rand headed for a nine-month high against the dollar to lead global currency gains as results from South African local government elections showed a swing to the main opposition. Early counting from municipal voting

Gupta-owned television news station ANN7 fired five more journalists on Tuesday. They had taken part in protests and other demonstrations in solidarity with eight colleagues who were dismissed in June

The BBC has launched its iPlayer radio app in South Africa and markets around the world, allowing users to tune into the British public broadcaster’s wide range of radio stations streaming on the Internet. Available in