MTN Group said on Wednesday that it has become the first mobile operator in the world to deploy and test an “open optical packet transport platform” known as Voyager, after joining the Facebook-backed Telecom Infra Project earlier

President Jacob Zuma abandoned a high court bid to halt the release of a graft ombudsman’s report into a wealthy family’s influence on his government as thousands of protesters joined demonstrations demanding an end to state corruption. Zuma’s lawyer announced in

Thousands of South Africans converged on the capital, Pretoria, to protest what they say is the abuse of state resources and institutions, ratcheting up the pressure for President Jacob Zuma to resign or be removed from office. Chief executives of some

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Cabinet is to consider a proposal that a mooted nuclear power deal for the country be financed through the state-owned power utility Eskom. This is the latest twist in South Africa’s controversial efforts to expand its nuclear power capability by

Microsoft said a computer hacking group that has previously targeted government agencies has attacked its Windows software and Adobe Systems’ Flash program. The company will release a security patch for its operating system on

Communications regulator Icasa says the SABC has not provided it with any proof that it has complied with its ruling to unban the airing of violent protests. Icasa ruled in July that the public broadcaster was in contravention of the

Government’s national integrated ICT policy white paper essentially amounts to the “nationalisation of spectrum in South Africa”, with “significant negative implications for current spectrum licence holders”, consulting firm Africa Analysis

Lawyers representing President Jacob Zuma urged the high court to halt the release of a report of the nation’s graft ombudsman into allegations that the Gupta family, who are friends with the president, exercised undue influence

The anonymity of bitcoin gained it myriad adherents among anarchists and drug dealers around the world. Now, though, it’s looking like the digital currency isn’t quite anonymous enough. Consider the sudden