The road to digital migration in local television is paved with good ­intentions, vested ­interests, legal disputes and delays. In 2006, South Africa told the International Telecommunication Union it would switch from analogue to digital broadcasting by 2015 and the first digital migration policy

SABC board chairman Ben Ngubane and his deputy, Thami ka Plaatjie, have resigned, the public broadcaster reported on Monday morning. SABC radio news quoted communications spokesman Siya Qoza as saying President Jacob Zuma needed to decide whether to accept the resignations or

Craig Wilson and Duncan McLeod chat about the Free State website scandal in this week’s episode of TalkCentral, the podcast brought to you by TechCentral, the home of South Africa’s best technology journalism. Also in the podcast this week

The Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (Icasa) has warned that using imported or otherwise uncertified cordless telephones can seriously affect mobile coverage. Moreover, using them is a criminal offence and the authority intends clamping down on those flouting

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Sports brands have been doing a good job of making personal fitness hip in recent years while at the same time encouraging people to record and broadcast their activity using a range of performance metrics and gadgets. The Nike+ SportWatch GPS is the perfect embodiment

Anyone who spends any degree of time on the Internet will tell you that the first sign of a scam is a company with no website and no contact numbers. Try looking up information on Cherry Online Design, Ikamva ICT and Jugganaut – the members of the joint venture that won the multimillion-rand

Google’s video platform is making celebrities out of regular South Africans and generating income for them, with some making in excess of R100 000/month. Use of YouTube in South Africa is growing exponentially, particularly on mobile devices, which now account for a quarter

Social media and the Internet played a key role in Kenya’s largely peaceful elections this month by affording Kenyans the chance to quiz candidates and allowing them to share messages of peace and tolerance with one another. Technology was also employed to

FundFind wants to be South Africa’s answer to Kickstarter, the US crowd-funding platform that’s helped musicians like Amanda Palmer and companies like Pebble, the company behind a smart watch project, by raising small amounts of money from large numbers of people. FundFind arose