Cellphones beeped endlessly as South Africa’s mobile networks entered the New Year a great deal richer with millions of SMSs sent and voice calls made in three days — from December 30 to January 1. Cellular networks Cell C, MTN and Vodacom reported huge increases in their SMS traffic during this period.
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/ 13 December 2005
A call for members of the public not to panic over fuel shortages was made by Minister of Minerals and Energy Lindiwe Hendricks in the National Assembly on Tuesday morning. In Gauteng, the problem has been exacerbated by panic buying among motorists who do not even need to fill up with fuel, she said.
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/ 1 December 2005
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As the world commemorates World Aids Day, a new study has found that more and more South Africans are displaying high-risk sexual behaviour and are in denial with regard to HIV/Aids. This is despite considerable public-education efforts about the risks associated with HIV/Aids.
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/ 14 November 2005
South Africa’s broadband consumer lobby group MyADSL on Friday said Telkom’s new ADSL pricing structure would result in local subscribers paying 1 000% more than other subscribers around the globe for a similar service. The new billing structure, introduced on November 1, is on a per-usage system.
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/ 8 November 2005
A member of the Gauteng legislature, the Freedom Front Plus’s Jaco Mulder, on Tuesday made a second attempt to buy "blacks-only" Eyethu shares from Nedbank. In a statement, Mulder — who is his party’s provincial leader — said he officially handed in his application to his Nedbank branch in Krugersdorp for his Eyethu shares.
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/ 28 September 2005
Financial website Moneyweb reported on Wednesday that murdered mining magnate Brett Kebble was in the wrong place at the wrong time and said it appeared that his death was the result of a failed car hijacking, and not an assassination. Earlier, reports quoted business partner Andile Nkuhlu as saying Kebble had been the victim of a callous, premeditated crime.
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/ 19 September 2005
Telecommunications group Telkom has suspended three executives — Pinky Moholi, Belinda Williams and Oupa Magashula — pending an inquiry, it emerged on Monday. Telkom corporate communications executive Lulu Letlape said the three executives were asked to take a "leave of absence" pending an internal probe.
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/ 6 September 2005
The trade union Solidarity on Tuesday welcomed Telkom’s decision not to bring a R5-million claim against Gregg Stirton’s website <i>Hellkom.co.za</i>. The website claims that Telkom’s bandwidth charges are crippling the South African economy. "I am slightly relieved," Stirton said on Tuesday.
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/ 1 September 2005
Four New National Party MPLs have crossed the floor to the African National Congress, giving the ANC an outright majority in the Western Cape legislature, while former Western Cape police commissioner and member of the Western Cape legislature Lennit Max has crossed the floor to the DA.
The CEO of the state broadcaster, the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC), has initiatied "an internal process" to review all facts and events surrounding the August 9 footage and news coverage of the booing incident involving Deputy President Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka.