On Digital Media (ODM), the company that owns pay-television brand StarSat (formerly TopTV), is a step closer to concluding its business rescue process after it won a high court battle last week against one of its minority shareholders. It has been in business rescue under the

An update to the popular Raspberry Pi, the credit card-sized computer used by computing enthusiasts and developers, is coming to South Africa. The Raspberry Pi Model B+ could go on sale in a matter of weeks, according to local distributor RS Components. Though local pricing has not yet

The Democratic Alliance will institute legal action over the appointment of Hlaudi Motsoeneng as chief operating officer of the SABC. Party leader Helen Zille said at a press conference in Cape Town on Monday that the DA will serve papers on communications minister Faith Muthambi and the SABC

Mobile phones have become such an important part of our daily lives that they’ve started adopting our microorganisms, according to research published recently in PeerJ. James Meadow and colleagues from University of Oregon used DNA sequencing to compare bacteria living on

When Sony announced the Z2 smartphone and tablet, it had a clear design in mind. The two devices go together like pea and pod. Both are super thin, have a beautiful square design and exude class. Although the Z2’s design does not deviate much from its predecessor, the Z1, Sony

Microsoft Flight Simulator was one of the most popular simulator games of the 90s and early 2000s, until Microsoft closed the studio responsible for its development in 2009. The series made a brief return in 2012 with Microsoft Flight, although the title was critically panned and the studio was closed

Kevin Knoop, a Cape Town-based software developer whose day job in developing remote monitoring and management applications, has built a smartphone app for Paradox home alarm systems, used extensively in South Africa, to extend their functionality to users’ smartphones. Knoop developed House Alarm because

Communications minister Faith Muthambi is to appear before a parliamentary committee to explain her ratification of Hlaudi Motsoeneng’s appointment as SABC chief operating officer. Communications committee chair Joyce Moloi-Moropa confirmed the minister would appear before the

Dina Pule’s former spin doctor, Wisani Ngobeni, has lost a labour court bid to save his government job, the Sunday Times reported. Ngobeni, a former journalist, was Pule’s spokesman when she was communications minister. He was fired by the department on 27 June after being found guilty in a disciplinary

SABC chair Zandile Tshabalala lied to parliament about her qualifications, City Press reported on Sunday. In her CV before the parliamentary portfolio committee on communications, Tshabalala said she graduated from Unisa with a BCom and a post-graduate diploma in labour relations. The claim