It may sound far-fetched at first, but there’s a growing fear of the damage a newly aggressive Russia might inflict in a time of tension or conflict simply by damaging or cutting the undersea cables that carry almost all of the West’s Internet traffic. The New
The City of Tshwane’s free Wi-Fi programme hit a milestone of a million unique devices on Wednesday. The free Wi-Fi roll-out programme is part of the metro’s eKaelo strategy to boost engagement and government response with citizens. “It’s just a number, but it’s a
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This past April, the World Bank unveiled the Global Findex, the most comprehensive set of data on financial inclusion ever compiled. In strokes both broad and small, it paints a picture of where we stand in the fight to turn the 2bn unbanked poor of the world into active participants
The legal framework for broad-based black economic empowerment in South Africa has recently been significantly reformed through several amendments to the Broad Based Black Economic Empowerment Act and new “generic” codes of good practice (which set out
The South African Post Office said its Gauteng outlets remain open on Thursday morning despite a planned strike. Up to 4 000 workers are set to march in Johannesburg’s city centre on Thursday to protest against alleged maladministration and salary payment
On Monday, the market learnt that the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) had hit MTN with a fine of1,04 trillion naira for failing to deactivate unregistered Sim cards by a regulatory deadline. The fine, which equates to more than R70bn, is more than twice the entire group’s
Telecommunications group MTN will review its senior management team in Nigeria after a regulator there imposed a record-setting US$5,2bn (R71bn) fine on the subsidiary company for allegedly failing to deactivate as many as 5,1m Sim cards before a deadline to do so
The South African Post Office has won an urgent court interdict to halt planned strike action on Thursday. On Wednesday, the Communication Workers Union at a media
The government’s policy on free higher education is only for the poor, higher education minister Blade Nzimande told parliament on Wednesday. “Those who are calling for everyone
