Minister skirts question on Infraco sale

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South Africa’s minister of telecommunications & postal services, Siyabonga Cwele, has distanced his department from reports that telecommunications company Telkom and state-owned connectivity firm Broadband Infraco could merge. Media reports this

Cape Town approves sewer broadband

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The City of Cape Town has approved the installation of fibre-optic cables in the municipality’s sewerage and storm water pipes. The city said in a statement that fibre specialist Link Africa has been granted permission to proceed with the installation of fibre

Motion to impeach Zuma fails

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The national assembly has voted against removing President Jacob Zuma from office. Following a spirited debate, 233 members voted against the motion, 143 voted in favour, and there were no

PMI points to bleak outlook

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The latest Standard Bank South Africa Purchasing Managers’ Index paints a bleak picture of the South African economy, signalling the most marked deterioration in operating conditions in over one-and-a-half years. The Standard Bank survey produced by

Unicorns are on the endangered list

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What a difference two years can make. The herd of private technology start-ups worth over US$1bn – dubbed “unicorns” – is looking decidedly skittish. Funding is drying up and the expected rivers of revenue have not yet begun to flow. On Friday

The Apple co-founder you’ve never heard of

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Ronald Wayne. Never heard of him, right? Most people haven’t. Yet he one of the triumvirate who co-founded Apple, alongside the two Steves – Jobs and Wozniak. As Apple, today the world’s most valuable company by market capitalisation, celebrates the 40th

IEC postpones all by-elections

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The Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC) has postponed all by-elections in the country as it battles to provide a voters’ roll that has people’s correct addresses. It took the decision as it was still not clear whether the absence of voters’ addresses would