The Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (Icasa) has written off R75m of the licence fees owed to it by the iBurst parent company, Wireless Business Solutions (WBS), which is entertaining a takeover offer to acquire the
The Shaik brothers have a candid way of expressing themselves. Back in 2004, during the trial of Schabir Shaik, we heard from his personal assistant, Bianca Singh, how he complained of being at the beck and call of politicians. Singh told the court that Schabir
A prime driver of human progress has been trade, in both goods and ideas. Isolation, in contrast, leads to stasis, suspicion, even regression. As Matt Ridley described in The Rational Optimist, when the land bridge connecting
Transport minister Dipuo Peters on Tuesday said she and her team would withdraw from the e-tolls review panel proceedings if they were “taken on”. Posing questions to Peters and the transport department, a legal expert
Government has learnt lessons from the Gauteng e-tolling system, which is now largely being rejected, transport minister Dipuo Peters said on Tuesday. “The lessons we learnt are not to implement any project that has not been
Gauteng’s e-tolling system is not a “perfect solution”, transport minister Dipuo Peters said in Pretoria on Tuesday. “This project … is not the perfect solution, but doing nothing was not an option,” she told the e-tolls review panel
Cape Town-based start-up Magnetic wants to be the all-in-one solution for small and medium business management in South Africa, turning the not-so-glamourous management of company processes into an online platform accessible
Fast-growing African tower operator IHS Holding announced on Monday that it has signed agreements to raise capital of US$2,6bn, or more than R28bn. It said the amount is the largest equity raising in Africa since 2007. The company is raising
Telkom has warned that its services in some areas are now being affected by the problems at Eskom. “Telkom services are being impacted by Eskom’s nationwide load-shedding schedule. Depending on the duration of load shedding
South African Apple distributor Core Group has announced the retail pricing for the new iPad Air 2 and iPad mini 3 tablets. Core doesn’t say when the new iPads will be available in South Africa, only that they’re coming “soon”