Google is working with a financial adviser to consider a potential bid for Twitter, as the social media company continues to explore a sale, according to a person familiar with the arrangement. In tapping Lazard, Google hasn’t indicated it will definitely
Communications minister Siyabonga Cwele has secured an urgent court interdict preventing communications regulator Icasa from going ahead with its plan to license radio frequency spectrum for 4G/LTE broadband
With the release of a new film about Edward Snowden, the man who revealed secret documents detailing a massive US government spying programme, the debate about his character continues. That includes a renewed
Police in patrol cars slowly cruise around the University of the Witwatersrand’s eerily quiet campus in Johannesburg as a handful of students scurry to the library to prepare for year-end examinations they may not be able to take
Cabinet has read the riot act to the SABC, saying the decision to reappoint Hlaudi Motsoeneng to a senior position at the public broadcaster shows “disrespect” of the rule of law. The SABC board announced this week that it had
Are South Africans really paying too much for mobile data? Tariffic, a South African company that helps companies and individuals save on their cellphone bills, has set out to determine exactly that by looking at the price
The iPhone 7 and 7 Plus, along with the new Apple Watch Series 2, will go on sale in South Africa on 14 October. iStore, owned by Apple distributor Core Group, revealed on Friday morning that the devices will go on sale locally
Cabinet has approved the long-delayed national integrated ICT policy white paper, minister in the presidency Jeff Radebe said on Thursday. TechCentral reported on Tuesday that cabinet was set to discuss the white paper
The SABC’s 2016 accounts are splashed in red ink. The public broadcaster revealed on Thursday that it reported a R411m net loss for the financial year. The loss is a worsening of the broadcaster’s performance
The supreme court of appeal has ruled that the signal jamming during last year’s state of the nation address was unconstitutional and unlawful. A signal jammer was activated by the department of state
