A bomb threat was reported at roads agency Sanral’s operations centre in Samrand, near Midrand on Sunday. Electronic Toll Collection (ETC) CEO Jamie Surkont said a sweep of the building was in progress and if necessary, they would move to the back

South Africans could soon find themselves having to wrestle with a new type of electrical plug following the adoption of an apparently much safer standard for plugs and sockets. SANS 164-2 was introduced as the “preferred standard” for electrical plugs and sockets by the South

Telkom has reduced the price of its wholesale IP Connect product, the one Internet service providers use to access its broadband digital subscriber line (DSL) network, by 15%. IP Connect fees have a direct impact on DSL prices in South Africa, which ISPs usually quick to pass

Roads agency Sanral’s operations centre in Centurion was evacuated on Friday and two people quarantined after another anthrax scare, police said. “The Sanral offices were evacuated after an anthrax scare and we have specialists on the scene to see if the white powder found was

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SuperSport is ditching the 4:3 picture format across all its standard-definition (SD) broadcasts, moving to a widescreen format based on the 16:9 aspect ratio, parent MultiChoice said on Friday. The broadcaster already offers its HD channels in widescreen. “The switchover

The evacuation of roads agency Sanral’s central operations centre in Centurion on Friday, for the second time this week, was concerning, said CEO Nazir Alli. “Sanral is extremely worried about the impact this kind of behaviour is having on the people who work

Defence minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula says she will not be drawn into public discussion on Project Flute, the name of a secret contract reportedly involving a defence intelligence satellite. “The minister has refused to be drawn into discussing matters of security of the

The East African Submarine System (Eassy), a subsea telecommunications cable along Africa’s eastern shoreline, is set to get a speed boost with supplier Alcatel-Lucent set to deploy the latest 100Gbit/s wavelength technology on the network. The upgrade will allow Eassy ultimately to carry

Cloud-based mobile specialist biNu, which develops a product aimed at feature phone users in emerging markets, has established a presence in Africa for the first time, opening an office in Cape Town. The company’s application, also called biNu, is aimed at Android- and Java-based