The South African Reserve Bank has introduced new security features on the Mandela bank notes, it said on Friday. “Enhancing features on banknotes is an ongoing process to maintain the highest level of quality and security,” Reserve Bank governor Gill Marcus said in a statement. “This is in line with international best practice

Eskom’s cash flow situation is “very stable”, the power utility said on Friday. “Eskom would like to reassure the nation at large that its cash flow situation is very stable,” the company said in a statement. The power utility managed its cash flow in a responsible manner, and always made sure it had sufficient liquidity. The company had stated

MTN has moved to make permanent its 79c/minute prepaid call tariff, greasing the wheels toward a possible price war in South Africa’s mobile industry and piling the pressure on debt-laden Cell C. “MTN South Africa has lodged the required paperwork with [communications regulator] Icasa to permanise [sic] its

A new South African video-on-demand player, Discover Digital, plans to give broadcasters a run for their money by launching both subscription-based and transactional video-on-demand services, as well as content kiosks, aimed at a broad spectrum of consumers. The company says it has developed the infrastructure required to launch its service

A meeting of Strategic Integrated Project (SIP) 15, the communications technology component of the Presidential Infrastructure Coordinating Commission, took place on Thursday, with communications minister Yunus Carrim urging government to “move with speed” to ensure broadband goals are achieved. In a media statement, the

The soon-to-be-promulgated changes to the laws that govern South Africa’s information and communications technology sector, found in the Electronic Communications Amendment Act and the Icasa Amendment Act, are still being digested by the sector. Of course, there are many problems with the changed laws, but they provide

South Africa’s web.za second-level domain is being relaunched and will soon be available to the public following “sunrise” and “land-rush” phases where the rights of intellectual property holders will be prioritised and premium names delegated. This is according to the ZA Domain Name Authority (Zadna), which has now provided details regarding

If there were any doubts that MTN South Africa is under severe pressure, the latest quarterly numbers from the mobile group will put them to rest. The South African business shed 825 000 customers between the end of December and the end of March, while average revenue per user slumped by 11,4% over the same three-month

The Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (Icasa) is set to hear a complaint by the South African Police Service (SAPS) against the Democratic Alliance’s election advertisement on Thursday morning. “The SAPS said in their complaint that the television advert would incite violence against the police,” said Icasa spokesman

MTN has lifted the lid on plans to build fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) networks in South Africa, potentially sparking a race among operators to connect upmarket suburbs with next-generation broadband. In a statement on Wednesday evening, the operator said it has demonstrated an FTTH offering to residents of Monaghan Farm