The Communication Workers Union has reached a settlement with Telkom in the long-running wage dispute between the operator and trade unions. The CWU has accepted Telkom’s three-year wage offer. The other unions embroiled in the dispute have yet to sign, but Telkom says it expects them to do so shortly
Newly appointed communications minister Yunus Carrim has said that Telkom must balance the interests of all of its shareholders, including government. He made the remarks in statement following a meeting on Thursday with Telkom CEO Sipho Maseko and chairman Jabu Mabuza. Deputy
The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF), led by former ANC Youth League leader Julius Malema, has published its founding manifesto ahead of national elections in 2014 that it is expected it will contest. The radically left-wing manifesto, which calls for the
Archbishop emeritus Desmond Tutu was elated to receive his ID smartcard on Thursday morning. Home affairs minister Naledi Pandor handed the card to him in an envelope outside the Desmond and Leah Tutu Legacy Foundation building in Cape Town. Wearing warm
Mindset Media Enterprises, the commercial arm of the not-for-profit Mindset Network, has applied for a pay-television licence to bolster its existing educational and health content offerings. However, Kagiso Media, which is also seeking a licence from the Independent Communications Authority
Food and clothing retailer Woolworths has revamped its online shopping portal and now offers consumers “almost everything” that is available for sale in its physical stores. The Cape Town-headquartered retailer has become the latest major brand to build a website with a
Telecommunications group MTN has announced a major shake-up of executive responsibilities, with a series of new senior appointments at group level and at its key operations in South Africa, Nigeria and Ghana. MTN Ghana CEO Michael Ikpoki has been named as
The Internet Service Providers’ Association (Ispa) has called on parliament to insist that mobile operators provide wholesale access to their data networks to Internet service providers as a meaningful way of reducing the cost to communicate in South Africa. Ispa regulatory head
Siyaya, a 100% black-owned media consortium whose major shareholder is the Bakgatla Ba Kgafela tribe in the North-West province, has applied for a pay-television licence to offer African and South African content, along with football, all for monthly subscription rates starting from R70
Almost two in five South African adults now have access to the Internet, according to new research conducted by the online publishing body, the Digital Media and Marketing Association (DMMA), together with Echo Consultancy. The two organisations estimate that South Africa’s
