Community Investment Ventures Holdings, a shareholder in Dark Fibre Africa, announced on Friday is has bought 34.9% of fibre-to-the-home pioneer Vumatel and plans to buy the remaining 65.1% soon, subject

The rand extended a slump after breaching R13/US$ for the first time since December as investors bet there’s little chance the nation’s central bank will follow emerging-market peers in raising interest rates

Eskom chairman Jabu Mabuza was almost apologetic on Thursday when he told journalists that the utility is proceeding with a court review of energy regulator Nersa’s decision to grant it a mere 5.23% tariff

ZTE has pledged to overhaul its flawed management and internal culture after striking a deal with the US to get back in business after a damaging two-month hiatus. In a memo to employees, chairman

Alice Liogier wants to slap a price on her data. The 23-year-old graduate student from Paris is researching the commercial use of personal information in the age of big data and she’s reached a controversial

Communications regulator Icasa has postponed the implementation of new data expiry rules pending the outcome of an urgent application in the high court by mobile operator Cell C. Though it said it still expects South

MTN South Africa on Thursday joined Cell C in challenging Icasa’s deadline for the implementation of new data expiry rules, arguing the time the communications regulator has given the industry

In a significant victory for MTN South Africa, rival Vodacom has been told it may no longer claim in marketing and advertising material that it has South Africa’s best mobile network. In a ruling by the

Amazon.com has bought a package of live broadcasting rights for English Premier League soccer, the first foray by a US technology giant into a top European championship. Amazon will show two full

As social grants agency Sassa gave an update on the migration of social grant payments from Cash Paymaster Services to the Post Office, its senior management team has told parliament of plans to