At this year’s Beijing Auto Show, a retired Chinese bureaucrat bent down to run his hands over the hood of a sleek sports coupe billed as the world’s fastest battery-powered car, and he smiled like a proud father.

Facebook has unveiled a wireless virtual-reality headset called Oculus Quest, an attempt to help popularise the developing technology with a more mainstream audience.

The board of Transnet said it plans to dismiss CEO Siyabonga Gama after losing confidence in his ability to lead South Africa’s state-owned ports and rail company.

Telecommunications & postal services minister Siyabonga Cwele has withdrawn his court action against communications regulator Icasa over the latter’s plan to auction radio frequency spectrum suitable for wireless broadband.

Telkom said on Wednesday that it is disappointed with communications regulator Icasa’s final call termination regulations and warned they could have an impact on its operations.

Communications regulator Icasa has amended its call termination regulations, the rules that govern how much operators may charge each other to carry calls between their networks.

Vivaldi Technologies, co-founded by former Opera CEO Jon von Tetzchner, has released a major update to its Vivaldi Web browser, introducing sync and other new features.

What was the world’s worst technology stock only months ago has become China’s hottest, staging a defiant comeback since it was booted off Hong Kong’s benchmark gauge.

Communications regulator Icasa has announced it will conduct a regulatory impact assessment on television must-carry regulations following strenuous objections by the SABC.

Angola Cables’ South Atlantic Cable System (Sacs), a new, high-speed submarine telecommunications cable connecting Africa and South America, has been launched commercially.