Judge Thokozile Masipa went “too far” by restricting the media from tweeting post-mortem evidence in Oscar Pistorius’s murder trial, a media law expert said in a television interview on Tuesday. “Unfortunately in my view that was a decision that, with respect, went slightly too far because it misunderstood the nature
Oscar Pistorius’s murder trial is bigger than the Fifa World Cup, according to figures by media monitoring group Data Driven Insight (DDI). “Unbelievably, worldwide the Oscar trial is bigger in media than the Fifa 2014 World Cup,” said DDI’s Tonya Khoury on Tuesday. DDI said despite restrictions
All is not well in technology land. The normally ebullient mood at the annual SxSW Interactive conference is darker this year, weighed down by concerns about the prying eyes of governments. A keynote address by WikiLeaks co-founder Julian Assange over the weekend captured this growing unease. Speaking to a
JSE-listed technology services group Business Connexion (BCX) has acquired two IT companies elsewhere on the African continent, Panabiz Nigeria and Ultimate Solutions Botswana. BCX has acquired a 100% stake in both
Opposition parties will continue to push for the truth behind the enforced power cut “crisis” before the elections, the Democratic Alliance said on Monday. The DA and the Independent Democrats called for an investigation into the bonuses paid to Eskom executives, as part of a range of measures to counter the
The judge in Oscar Pistorius’s murder trial ordered that the live feed of proceedings be cut because of the graphic testimony of the pathologist about to give evidence on his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp’s injuries. “There shall be no live broadcast now … [and] that applies to Twitter,” said Judge Thokozile Masipa. Gert Saayman
One in three South Africans don’t know that the earth revolves around the sun, according to a test with 10 basic science questions, a newspaper report said on Sunday. The average South African only cracked half of the questions, put to a thousand people via Media24’s online Forum24. The 2 200 Americans
Eskom board chairman Zola Tsotsi said on Friday that at least five of Medupi’s units would have had to be running to have made a meaningful contribution to filling the 3GW shortfall experienced on Thursday. Eskom spokesman Andrew Etzinger warned on Sunday that Eskom has not ruled out the possibility
Dave Greenway stands in for Brett Haggard as host this week and leads Steven Ambrose and Liron Segev in a discussion on their favourite sights and sounds from Mobile World Congress held in Barcelona, Spain recently. Gadgets and other saucy technology bits discussed include Sony’s Xperia Z2 and
While all the focus in the telecommunications industry is on the fight over call termination rates, an even more important battle is looming large, this time over access to radio frequency spectrum. Billions of rand are at stake as South Africa’s big telecommunications operators
