E-sports is set to become as big as traditional sport, says internationally recognised videogame commentator Paul “ReDeYe” Chaloner. Chaloner, from Brighton, England, is in South Africa ahead of Rage Johannesburg, a gaming event set to take

Communications minister Faith Muthambi has distanced her office from former government spin doctor Mzwanele “Jimmy” Manyi. Earlier this week, Manyi tweeted that SABC executive Hlaudi Motsoeneng was on the “right side” of the

President Jacob Zuma has appointed Busisiwe Joyce Mkhwebane as the public protector for a period of seven years with effect from 15 October 2016. The presidency announced in a statement on Thursday that the appointment

It’s South Africa’s equivalent to the proverbial $640 Pentagon toilet seat — a paper binding machine that the government buys from its suppliers for the rand equivalent of almost R28 000, about 13 times what it costs in a store. Kenneth Brown, the nation’s 54-year-old

Samsung Electronics’s global recall of Note7 smartphones received a fresh blow after a replacement device was blamed for smoke that led to the evacuation of a Southwest Airlines plane in the US. The Federal Aviation Administration and the Consumer Product Safety

First National Bank has debuted a new version of its transactional banking application that allows users to make payments simply by tapping their smartphones at a contactless point of sale. The new functionality

JSE-listed Blue Label Telecoms, through its subsidiary The Prepaid Company, has announced it will acquire 45% of Cell C for R5,5bn. It had previously said it intended buying 35% of the mobile operator for R4bn as part

The SABC board must go, members of parliament resolved on Wednesday. After lengthy deliberations all political parties who are members of the portfolio committee on communications agreed that the remaining board members should

Financial woes continue to weigh on the South African Post Office as it has recorded a R1,1bn final loss for the year ended 31 March 2016. The state-owned company has published its financial results

The SABC board on Wednesday said that none of the allegations made against former chief operating officer Hlaudi Motsoeneng are…