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Fleeing: Media is urged to stop calling white South Africans who relocated to United States ‘refugees’.

SA’s moral, technical high ground upends unipolar narrative

The “white genocide” narrative works inside this wider machinery. It racialises South Africa’s internal contradictions for foreign consumption. It turns a country struggling with…

In the coming days, the last absolute monarch in sub-Saharan Africa, King Mswati III of the Kingdom of Eswatini will celebrate 40 years on the throne. Photo: Wang Yu Ching

Forty years of Mswati rule offer zilch to celebrate

Eswatini is a small, resilient, and culturally rich nation. Its people have endured extraordinary pressure. But on governance, the record is one of systemic failure: captured…

Vodacom Business named 2025 Most Trusted Enterprise Telecommunications Provider of the Year

Vodacom Business has been voted winner of the Most Trusted Enterprise Telecommunications Provider of the Year award for 2025 by MyBroadband, reaffirming its leadership in…

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South Africa needs to embrace AI, says communications minister Solly Malatsi

Recent data shows that 60% of South African workers regularly use generative AI tools, ahead of those in several Western countries This content is restricted to registered users…

Telkom said on Wednesday it had terminated discussions relating to Rain’s proposal for a potential acquisition for newly issued shares in Telkom.

Telkom terminates potential acquisition talks with Rain

The telecommunications group said the parties had decided a suitable transaction was not possible at this time

Africa’s largest mobile operator by subscription, MTN, has called off its talks with Telkom about a proposed takeover.

Telkom shares plunge as MTN exits takeover talks

Deal flounders over exclusivity issues related to separate proposal by Rain

Telkom said on Wednesday it had terminated discussions relating to Rain’s proposal for a potential acquisition for newly issued shares in Telkom.

Telkom continues with lawsuit despite spending more than R2-billion on spectrum

The telecoms company says the court’s findings may affect the recent spectrum auction and its outcome

Africa’s largest mobile operator by subscription, MTN, has called off its talks with Telkom about a proposed takeover.

MTN’s focus on fibre might be the only way for it to regain market share

MTN SA has made two new executive appointments, in its technology and fibre divisions, as part of its efforts for it to grow its fibre business

Last year, the Ethiopian government shut down the entire country during protests triggered by the assassination of popular musician and activist Haacaaluu Hundeessaa.

Rights groups call out ‘complicity’ of telecoms companies’ in internet shutdowns

Internet blackouts not only infringe on people’s human rights, but also cost companies and the economy billions, as evinced by MTN’s shutdown in Eswatini

Serame Taukobong

Serame Taukobong appointed as Telkom’s chief executive designate

The telecommunication group’s current chief executive, Sipho Maseko, will step down at the end of June 2022

Telecoms networks are the real drivers of financial inclusion on the continent. (Ore Huiying/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Mobile makes the insurance model work in Africa – and we’re just getting started

Telecoms networks are the real drivers of financial inclusion on the continent

Why zero-rated mobile phone content is a nation-builder

The new mobile licence conditions, which insist networks provide educational content for free, will start to bridge the digital divide

State surveillance rife in South Sudan, Amnesty finds

Telecommunications and surveillance companies must stop aiding the government’s human rights violations and encroachment on freedoms

Icasa councillors

The council of Icasa: towards an inclusive digital society

The commodification of the internet is an infringement of poor people’s constitutional right to access information

It is safe to say that, given the risk factor involved, the pandemic has exacerbated online activities, and even if, as the severity of its effect decreases (when a vaccine has been developed, for instance), people return physically to their places of work, the current expansion of online work practices means it is likely to remain so to a significant degree.

SA wades into global app regulation battle

Skype and WhatsApp are putting pressure on telecoms the world over and governments are being forced to consider regulating such over-the-top services.

Vodacom demonstrates that anchoring identity in the physical world still matters. Photo: File

Vodacom-Neotel deal should worry Telkom, says analyst

Industry regulators have approved Vodacom’s bid to buy Neotel, along with its fixed-line network, making it a formidable competitor to Telkom.

The state wants a rapid roll-out but is sitting on substantial unused spectrum.

Broadband failure costs SA dearly

The state’s incompetence is hindering connectivity as well as its own developmental goals.

MTN has announced that it is exiting Guinea-Bissau and Guinea-Conakry in a bid to leave some markets in West Africa. (Supplied)

Brightstar sets its sights on MTN’s retail operations

MTN could outsource management of its retail stores and field staff, with an industry insider suggesting a deal with Brightstar is on the cards.

As the economy takes a beating, digital tools may help your job search and career upskilling journey

The meaning of Neotel’s sale

Vodacom concluded a deal to buy Neotel for R7-billion. Arthur Goldstuck looks at the meaning of the deal for South Africa telecoms.

Vodacom to boost investment in SA

Vodacom has planned to increase investment in the country as it speeds up the pace of network upgrades.