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South Africa to target children’s screen time
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South Africa to target children’s screen time

New advisory guidelines from the department of basic education are meant to shield young children from harms.

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Leaner Telkom flags sharply higher earnings
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Leaner Telkom flags sharply higher earnings

Telkom credits cost cuts, lower finance charges and data strategy – but prior-year one-offs flatter the comparison.

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Mobile operators locked out as Icasa opens 900MHz of spectrum
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Mobile operators locked out as Icasa opens 900MHz of spectrum

A significant set of final regulations from Icasa has opened 900MHz of spectrum to Wi-Fi and private 5G operators.

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South Africa’s right-to-repair vacuum
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South Africa’s right-to-repair vacuum

South Africa moved to fix the car industry's right-to-repair gap in 2021; nothing similar for electronics has followed.

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Eskom breaks ground on R1.2-billion Lethabo solar plant
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Eskom breaks ground on R1.2-billion Lethabo solar plant

The R1.2-billion solar plant will supply about 60 000 households and anchors a pipeline of 17 projects across 11 stations.

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R6.5 billion stolen from South Africans in fraudulent scheme and nobody is behind bars
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R6.5 billion stolen from South Africans in fraudulent scheme and nobody is behind bars

Over 9,000 people have said they lost a combined R6.5 billion when Mirror Trading International collapsed in 2020, and after more than five...

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Serious blow to South Africa’s oldest state-owned company
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Serious blow to South Africa’s oldest state-owned company

Minister of Communications and Digital Technologies, Solly Malatsi, revealed that no funding was made available for the South African Post O...

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4Sight earnings leap, led by back-office IT sales
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4Sight earnings leap, led by back-office IT sales

JSE-listed 4Sight Holdings has reported full-year revenue up 16.3% and headline earnings per share growth of 46.1%.

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The former Telkom and Cell C CEO who is now a director at a bank in Italy
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The former Telkom and Cell C CEO who is now a director at a bank in Italy

Jeffrey Hedberg, the former CEO of Cell C who later served as an acting group CEO at Telkom, is now a director at the second-largest bank in...

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End of an era for globally-renowned TV brand which operated in South Africa for decades
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End of an era for globally-renowned TV brand which operated in South Africa for decades

Sony unveiled two high-end televisions, which are likely to be the Japanese company’s last premium sets before its storied home theatre busi...

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All the South African tech companies Johann Rupert owns
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All the South African tech companies Johann Rupert owns

While most of billionaire Johann Rupert's $16.1 billion (R263.4 billion) net worth is attributable to his stake in luxury goods maker Richem...

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Serious legal risk for South Africa’s police drones
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Serious legal risk for South Africa’s police drones

Criminologist Kholofelo Rakubu has warned that the South African Police Service's use of drones could result in privacy violations.

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