Though MultiChoice remains strongly opposed to the use of encryption, or conditional access, for South Africa’s free-to-air digital television migration project, it has not yet decided whether it will challenge
The imminent closure of the South African Press Association (Sapa) is a blow to press freedom, the Cape Town Press Club said on Friday. “The news that Sapa will be wrapping up its operations
IBM has announced plans to build an IBM Research laboratory, based at the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, to focus on advancing big data, cloud computing and mobile technologies. The
The department of communications is in disarray with its minister, Faith Muthambi, facing off against defiant senior management. Senior sources said the relationship between her and her
News that Google is to get into the ride-hailing scene – the same taxis-that-aren’t-taxis business pioneered by Uber – may have come as a surprise to some. We can speculate that it may even have
Stage two rolling power cuts will be implemented on Friday morning, power utility Eskom said. The power outages would be from 8am until 10pm, Eskom said on its official Twitter account. Stage three
Telkom may be planning to sell its network of base stations as it looks to reduce costs, a news report suggested on Thursday. According to news wire agency Bloomberg, Telkom is working
The South African Press Association (Sapa), the news agency that has been in operation for the past 76 years, will close its doors at the end of March, its editor, Mark van der Velden, announced on
Vodacom is pitching its first properly low-cost 4G/LTE smartphone, the Smart 4 Turbo, in the hope it will enjoy the same success as its low-cost, own-branded 3G devices such as the Smart Kicka smartphone
The South African Chamber of Commerce and Industry has proposed that South Africa be divided into four time zones to help alleviate the country’s power crisis, acting CEO Peggy Drodskie said on Thursday