The department of energy will in the next few days unveil South Africa’s new integrated energy plan, minister in the presidency Jeff Radebe said on Thursday. Briefing the media on the outcomes of a cabinet meeting
A political firestorm over an aborted attempt to charge finance minister Pravin Gordhan with fraud has ignited a power struggle between the head of a special police unit that carried out the investigation and the
Online audio distribution platform iono.fm has raised R2,5m in funding from a Clifftop Colony-led consortium made up of South African and international angel investors, the company said on Thursday. Iono.fm provides a
Vox is cutting the retail prices of its “Fat Pipe” home DSL plans to below R1/GB, effective immediately. The price decrease will apply for all new online sales, across its Fat Pipe DSL product range. Existing Fat Pipe customers
“It costs more to get data to the coast than it does to get it the rest of the way to Europe.” Since the arrival of high-capacity undersea fibre-optic cables to African shores in 2009, I have heard this complaint
Telkom’s mobile business is finally profitable (and sustainable). Since its launch in 2010 (as 8ta), its cumulative losses total R10bn. In those six financial years (to 31 March 2016), it generated R12,9bn in
Zero. That’s how many payphones Telkom CEO Sipho Maseko wants to retain. “If I could get to zero, I’d be very happy,” he said in an interview with TechCentral on Tuesday. Telkom currently has about 20 000 payphones on its network, down
Seacom has partnered with Indoi to build a new, US$150mtelecommunications cable system to connect Mauritius to Africa and the rest of the world. IOX Cable, a subsidiary of Indoi, has signed a
Tencent Holdings, in which South African technology and media giant Naspers holds an approximately one-third stake, posted a 43% rise in third-quarter profit as its ability to attract Chinese gamers and social media mavens fuelled advertising growth. Net income climbed to
Cell C will reduce its net borrowings to a maximum of R6bn – from a proposed R8bn previously – Blue Label Telecoms, which is in the throes of buying a 45% stake in the mobile operator for R5,5bn