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SA launches pan-African news service

African News Dimension (AND), a start-up media company, is launching a news service for the continent on 1 September 2005. Ralston Smith, CEO of AND, says the network will focus…

Cellphone users caught by the fine print

Cellular subscription services are fast becoming a headache for South African cellphone users. Advertisement promoting such services are misleading, with at least one advert…

Jozi FM confounds cynics

Jozi FM, a community radio station that broadcasts to the southern parts of Johannesburg including Soweto, Ennerdale and Katlehong, is undergoing a major reshuffling of its…

Mashile new Icasa chair

Paris Mashile, a former Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (Icasa) councillor, has been named the new chairperson of the authority, replacing Mandla Langa,…

Telkom increases ‘in line with inflation’

Local and long distance fixed-line phone call charges for 2003 are expected to increase by 12,5% in line with inflation, Telkom said on Tuesday.

Radio Algoa wants to close East London station

The Independent Communications Authority of SA on Tuesday heard an application by the owners of Port Elizabeth-based Radio Algoa to close down their East London radio station…

Aids fund ‘bypassed the government’

The Global Fund for Aids bypassed the national government when donating R600-million to KwaZulu-Natal, said SA Health Minister Manto Tshabalala-Msimang.