The Independent Communications Authority of South Africa this week tabled its 2015 annual report to parliament. It paints a bleak picture of the authority’s performance during the past financial period. The organisation is sitting at a desolate performance rate of 29%
A lack of management accountability is the root cause for wasteful and irregular expenditure at the SABC and communications regulator Icasa, the auditor-general has said. The AG’s report to the parliamentary portfolio committee on communications
The art of futurology — predicting what future society might look like — is plagued with difficulties. Books, films, TV shows and plays that feature such efforts are all judged through the prism of hindsight. The 1989 film Back To The Future Part II saw its
In mid-July 2009, in a twist of irony, online retailer Amazon unilaterally removed digital copies of George Orwell’s classic novel 1984 from a number of Kindle e-readers. Customers were outraged. If it wasn’t for the fact that it really happened, it would surely
National treasury has allocated R200m to the department of energy for preparatory work to consider the costs, benefits and risks of building four more nuclear power stations in South Africa, it
On 2 September 2015, government published a 128-page draft Cybercrimes and Cybersecurity Bill for public comment. The bill is part of a set of laws and policy initiatives in South Africa that aim to regulate the ever-expanding online economy, and the surge in cyber-related crimes from
China pledged US$50bn (R660bn) towards industrialisation projects in South Africa and the rest of the African continent on Tuesday, ahead of its upcoming Forum on China-Africa Cooperation. The pledge was announced during a courtesy visit by Zhang Xiangchen, vice minister
The auditor-general’s office has identified millions of rand in wasteful and irregular expenditure from government institutions such as public broadcaster the SABC. In a presentation to the
Motorists who have had their cellphones impounded have one last chance to reclaim their devices at half the release fee before the City of Cape Town auctions 500 handsets. “The offer is valid from 21 October til the end of November, by which time we should be ready to
Eskom’s snub against any more independent power producers (IPPs) connecting much needed power to the grid was a temporary measure, said CEO Brian Molefe. Two weeks
