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  • The naked truth


    The average South African would probably not list the annual State of the Nation address as one of their TV viewing highlights – unles...
  • City sets up billing escalation team

    The city of Johannesburg is setting up a team that will deal with billing queries escalated by councillors, which will be in place by the end of this month....
  • The week in review

    At Home

    A spanner has been thrown in the works for Vox Telecom’s “low-cost satellite Internet broadband” service, following a delay with Yahsat’s YahClick Y1B satellite, initially scheduled for launch on 21 February. The launch has now b...
  • Sentech to pay up for piracy

    State signal provider Sentech has been found liable for not stopping people living in Botswana from being able to view channels broadcast in SA by the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC)....
  • Absa IT staff shuffle

    Maria Ramos
    Big four bank Absa is redeploying all 1 600 staff members in its group IT division, telling them to reapply for positions ac...
  • FNB leads digital lifestyle – survey

    First National Bank (FNB) has been deemed a leader in the digital and technological space, according to the 2012 BMI-TechKnowledge Digital Lifestyle predictor....
  • IT infrastructure push ‘inevitable’

    Jacob Zuma
    President Jacob Zuma’s focus on infrastructure development in his recent State of the Nation Address (SONA) bodes well for t...
  • Govt to regulate labour broking

    During his State of the Nation Address, president Jacob Zuma said the National Economic Development and Labour Council (Nedlac) process on labour broking has now been completed....
  • Gijima files urgent application against SITA

    Carlos Ferreira
    JSE-listed outsourcing company Gijima has filed papers against the State IT Agency (SITA), in a bid to stop it from ...
  • Gambling board toothless against rogue operators

    Baby Tyawa
    The National Gambling Board is powerless to stop international online casinos illegally offering their services to South Afric...
  • Woolley leaves AxizWorkgroup

    Doug Woolley
    AxizWorkgroup CEO Doug Woolley is leaving the company, after more than a decade, to take up a position at one of its clien...
  • EOH buys Airborne

    JSE-listed outsourcing company EOH has bought Airborne for an undisclosed amount, as it continues with its strategy of growing organically and through acquisitions....
  • Three bust for Postbank heist

    Three suspects have been arrested in connection with fraud at the Postbank, says group executive of corporate affairs at the SA Post Office Lungile Lose....
  • Hard drive shortage persists


    Western Digital, one of the world’s largest hard drive manufacturers, says it will only reach full production in the third qu...
  • Telkom blamed for cable theft

    Cable theft in SA has become a crisis and this is in large part Telkom’s fault, according to Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Communications chairperson Sikhumbuzo Eric Kholwane....
  • Betfair pulls out of South Africa

    Tom Tuxworth
    UK-based betting community Betfair is no longer offering its services to South Africans, as of 14 February....
  • MTN Nigeria seeks protection

    A militant group’s threat to attack South African investments in Nigeria is being taken seriously by telecoms  operator MTN....
  • Ellies wants aerial tariffs

    JSE-listed television equipment provider Ellies wants government to impose an import duty on outdoor aerials to protect the local industry when SA migrates to digital television....
  • 112 project resurrected

    There is still no timeframe for when South Africa will have a single national emergency number; however, the 112 project is back on the cards....
  • Telkom ‘behaved badly’

    The Competition Commission wants Telkom to be fined up to R3.5 billion for allegedly abusing its dominant position and cutting downstream  service providers out of the market....