South Africa’s cabinet approved a policy proposal backing “open and shared networks” in its attempt to provide all citizens with better access to Internet services by 2030. The policy is intended to increase competition between providers by allowing

Telecommunications & postal services minister Siyabonga Cwele has unveiled a radical shake-up in the way South Africa’s ICT sector is managed, including a controversial change to the

The South African government has identified the ICT industry as one of the key sectors that will facilitate faster economic growth and radically transform our society. Last week, cabinet approved the national integrated

Hlaudi Motsoeneng, in an open letter on Sunday, dismissed allegations that he lied about having obtained a matric as an “untruth” and called for a stop to a “politically motivated assault” on him

MTN South Africa has named Adcorp subsidiary Rightsource as the preferred partner to manage its outsourced call centres. The move, which has been met with union resistance, will see MTN adopt a “hybrid” call centre model in

Your hosts Duncan McLeod and Regardt van der Berg gather around the mic to discuss the week’s biggest local and international tech news. In the latest episode of TalkCentral, we chat about Siyabonga Cwele vs communications

Google is working with a financial adviser to consider a potential bid for Twitter, as the social media company continues to explore a sale, according to a person familiar with the arrangement. In tapping Lazard, Google hasn’t indicated it will definitely

Communications minister Siyabonga Cwele has secured an urgent court interdict preventing communications regulator Icasa from going ahead with its plan to license radio frequency spectrum for 4G/LTE broadband

With the release of a new film about Edward Snowden, the man who revealed secret documents detailing a massive US government spying programme, the debate about his character continues. That includes a renewed

Police in patrol cars slowly cruise around the University of the Witwatersrand’s eerily quiet campus in Johannesburg as a handful of students scurry to the library to prepare for year-end examinations they may not be able to take