The Cape Chamber of Commerce and Industry has called for communications minister Dina Pule to be suspended pending the outcome of a series of investigations against her. “We are disappointed at the lack of action taken by the president given that the minister’s public office is under investigation for serious allegations

South Africa should be aiming higher than it is with its plans for providing universal broadband access by 2020 and may need to consider new business models. Furthermore, allowing Telkom’s rivals access to its copper network may not solve the nation’s connectivity woes. These are the views of Catherine

International journalists stationed outside the Pretoria hospital where former president Nelson Mandela is believed to be receiving treatment were warned about their equipment on Wednesday by the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (Icasa). “Some broadcasters had some

The Democratic Alliance will submit an application to roads agency Sanral on Thursday to gain access to all documentation related to the implementation of e-tolling in Gauteng. DA MP Ian Ollis said this would be done under the Promotion of Access to Information Act

Orange is expanding its presence in South Africa after signing a deal with Nashua Mobile in terms of which the French telecommunications giant will establish a brand presence in the independent cellular service provider’s retail stores. The move comes six months after Orange made

Internet billionaire and Ubuntu Linux founder Mark Shuttleworth is engaged in a high-profile court battle with the South African Reserve Bank in an effort to have the country’s exchange control system declared unconstitutional. TechCentral editor Duncan McLeod asked Shuttleworth

If you’re the retiring sort, the X100S probably isn’t the camera for you — because it’s going to get you a whole lot of attention. Camera enthusiasts will want to interrogate you about it, elderly folk will enthuse about your decision to use inherited gear, and amateurs will ask you where the film goes. Despite looking like

Independent Newspapers has confirmed reports that its popular IOL website came under a sustained denial-of-service attack on Wednesday, apparently by a group calling itself Anonymous Africa. The website, one of South Africa’s most popular general news sites, was unavailable for

Money collected from e-tolling in Gauteng will not go overseas, roads agency Sanral said on Wednesday. “Of course, everyone is now jumping on the political bandwagon that once e-tolling commences, all the collected monies will be going overseas. This is simply not true,” spokesman Vusi Mona said in a statement

Google Drive, the search giant’s online storage and document, presentation and spreadsheet creation service, is now available in 18 new languages, including Afrikaans, Amharic, Swahili and Zulu. This brings the total number of languages Drive supports to 65