President Jacob Zuma has assented to amendments to two key laws that affect South Africa’s information and communications technology industry, approving changes that could have long-lasting effects on competition in the sector and the way in which

MultiChoice has criticised communications regulator Icasa over its decision to ask the Competition Commission to probe a “possible restrictive horizontal practice” between it and the SABC over the supply by the public broadcaster of a 24-hour news channel

Communications regulator Icasa has asked the Competition Commission to probe what it’s calling a “possible restrictive horizontal practice” between the SABC and MultiChoice over the supply by the public broadcaster to the pay-television operator of a 24-hour news channel. TechCentral revealed last year that the agreement contains an obligation

Telkom intends slashing its costs by R1bn/year for the next five years in an effort to unlock shareholder value and turn around its financial performance, its CEO, Sipho Maseko, was quoted in a newspaper report on Wednesday as saying. This would include job cuts, Maseko was quoted as saying. He added that he would

A year after restaurant reviewing service Zomato entered the South African market, it has rolled out a revamped look across its Web and mobile platforms. The new website, which has a more social element to it, gives users personalised recommendations from trusted contacts. Zomato founder and CEO Deepinder Goyal

Consumers are struggling to pay monthly expenses and long-running strikes are undermining the foundations of the economy, BankservAfrica’s Economic Transaction Index has found. “With strikes, floods, and power constraints being the order of the day it

France’s Orange, which until recently had been flirting actively with the idea of becoming a mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) in South Africa, is moving fulfilment for its popular online store, launched in the country last year, from London to Johannesburg

Electronic tolling of Gauteng’s freeways will lead to enhanced economic growth, deputy president Kgalema Motlanthe said on Tuesday. “Through enhanced traffic flow and accessibility, the project will contribute significantly to economic growth,” he said. Efforts to ease congestion on Gauteng’s freeways had to be welcomed

Seacom has deployed Akamai Technologies’ content clusters and caching nodes on its network, it said on Tuesday. US-headquartered Akamai, which operates a global Internet content delivery network, is responsible for delivering nearly a third of all Web

South Africa’s MTN Group and India’s Bharti Airtel have reached an agreement to launch cross-border remittance services between Cote d’Ivoire and Burkina Faso for the telecommunications operators’ Mobile Money customers on either side of the border