Government must lean more on the private sector in a fiscally constrained environment, communications minister Solly Malatsi has said.
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Industry body says the fiscus-first model is starving the very sector South Africa depends on for connectivity.
Broadcaster-only election rules leave South Africa exposed to the AI-driven disinformation already shaping votes elsewhere.
A sound policy reform has become politically radioactive – because Elon Musk is the one who most obviously benefits.
Communications minister Solly Malatsi wants answers from Icasa on why it has not yet acted on his December policy direction.
Capitec Connect users now call each other for free. It’s the latest blow to a product category that once built empires.
Telecoms lobby group ACT has warned of security vulnerabilities and accused Icasa of dodging the real broadband bottleneck.
Network operators face mandatory bi-annual GIS submissions and R1-million fines under draft rapid deployment rules.
Government’s draft AI policy has proposed the creation of seven new institutions to govern AI in South Africa.
Researcher BMIT forecasts 5G will account for two-thirds of all residential wireless broadband connections by 2029.