MTN South Africa has apologised to its customers for service disruptions in recent weeks, blaming a range of factors for problems on its network. “MTN would like to convey its sincerest apology to customers that may have been affected by service disruptions in the last two weeks,” the mobile operator
A parliamentary inquiry into whether SABC chair Zandile Tshabalala lied about her academic qualifications is set to resume on Wednesday, parliament’s communications portfolio committee announced on Tuesday. “The committee began the inquiry last month on 14 October 2014 but
IT technician Obakeng Israel Busang on Tuesday denied involvement in defrauding the Post Office and the Gautrain Management Agency (GMA). “I intend pleading not guilty as I did not commit the offences, did not defraud or worked with anyone in order to do so,” NB Kwinana, for Busang, read
In an attempt to get holidaymakers to fill up at its petrol stations rather than those of its rivals, fuel retailer Engen is introducing Wi-Fi hotspots – with limited free access – at 32 sites set to go live countrywide by mid-December. The petrol stations chosen are along the country’s main highways. Fourteen
Vox Telecom has beaten six other bidders to win a contract from the Square Kilometre Array (SKA) in South Africa to deploy satellite-based Internet access and voice telephony to 300 farmers in areas around the sensitive radio
Germany’s Max-Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy is to commit R150m to the construction and installation of radio receivers on South Africa’s MeerKAT radio telescope, it was announced on Tuesday. The 64-dish MeerKAT, expected to be
MTN South Africa’s chief enterprise officer, Lambo Kanagaratnam, has resigned from the company and will be replaced by former Cisco MD Alpheus Mangale, the telecommunications operator said on Tuesday. Lambotharan is leaving the company
JSE-listed technology group Datatec has acquired 100% of the issued share capital of Inforsacom Holding, a German information and communications technology services and solutions provider, for an undisclosed sum. That acquisition has been done through Datatec subsidiary Logicalis. In a brief statement
Gijima’s share price plunged by 36% on Monday, reaching a new record low of 9c/share, as investors fret about the struggling technology services company’s ability to survive. The share has come under considerable pressure in recent weeks as it gears up for a second rights offer in as many years. A rights offer is a way
South Africa’s largest opposition party, the Democratic Alliance, has given failing grades to the new ministers of communications and of telecommunications and postal services Faith Muthambi and Siyabonga Cwele in its annual report card of cabinet ministers. Cwele received 4/10 in the DA’s assessment
