Samsung Electronics could face an unusual second recall of its Note7 smartphones if one that caught fire aboard an airliner this week is a replacement device as its owner says, two former US safety officials said. The US Federal Aviation
British scientists David Thouless, Duncan Haldane and Michael Kosterlitz won this year’s Nobel Prize in Physics “for theoretical discoveries of topological phase transitions and topological phases of matter”. The reference
Privately held telecommunications company Vox has announced plans to build a national long-distance fibre network, starting with a link to Richards Bay in KwaZulu-Natal. The focus will be on areas beyond the
Controversial SABC executive Hlaudi Motsoeneng is keeping mum on whether it could be the end of the road for him at the public broadcaster. The SABC on Thursday held a press conference to respond to MPs calls
The publication this week of the deeply problematic national integrated ICT policy white paper is just the latest episode in 22 years of ANC policy making that has left a rotten legacy for the sector. The industry has made progress in the
President Jacob Zuma asked that the probe into the alleged improper involvement of the Gupta family in government affairs be deferred to the incoming graft ombudsman, whose appointment he officially
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