An independent specialist will investigate a website tender worth more than R100m and awarded by the Free State government, civil rights organisation AfriForum said on Tuesday. “The exorbitant amounts alone are worrying, and the further one reads

Tom Manners joins Brett Haggard and Adam Oxford in a discussion that meanders between music; music and technology; and open-source hippies. Topics discussed include Spotify now having curated playlists, Samsung and BBM, the new DStv Explora, Asus

Struggling smartphone maker BlackBerry has halted trade in its shares in New York and Toronto after announcing on Monday morning that its board is forming a special committee to “explore strategic alternatives”, which could include a sale of the company

Electromagnetic spectrum is the crude oil of last-mile connectivity, especially in Africa where more traditional kinds of last-mile communications infrastructure are not especially well developed. As in the oil business, anyone who has gained control of spectrum in the last 10 or 20 years

Ben Turok, the chairman of parliament’s ethics committee who is under protection by bodyguards following an alleged assassination plot, has said that three witnesses linked to an investigation into sacked communications minister Dina Pule were also the target of intimidation

Cell C has appointed Robert Pasley to the combined position of chief financial and strategy officer with immediate effect, the mobile operator said on Monday. Pasley takes over the finance role from Fabrizio Mambrini, who resigned in January. Mambrini left Cell C to return to the company’s foreign parent

A group of wealthy businessmen have emerged as the financial backers of a former Vodacom employee’s civil claim involving the company’s “Please call me” service, Business Day reported on Monday. Pretoria attorney Chris Schoeman and two partners

The Hawks are investigating a multimillion rand eNatis contract after allegations of fraud emerged, The Times reported on Monday. “The case has to do with eNatis … that the contract [allegedly] did not go through tender processes,” Hawks spokesman Paul Ramaloko was quoted as saying

New communications minister Yunus Carrim is set to face his first big test. How he responds will set the tone for his tenure and define his approach to Telkom and to competition in the sector. A decision by the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (Icasa) this week to publish

Decisive action will be taken against any ANC member who might be behind the death threats against two MPs, the party said at the weekend. “Should any of those behind the threats be found to be ANC members, the organisation will not hesitate to take stern action against them as we regard such