111 A phone used by prominent Angolan journalist Teixeira Candido was infected with surveillance software from spyware vendor Intellexa for a brief period in May 2024, Amnesty International said in a report…
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Starlink expands public advocacy campaign as it pushes for SA licence
135 Starlink has intensified its campaign to secure a South African operating licence, publishing an advocacy page on its website that directly addresses consumers and attempts to counter criticism of its bid to…
MTN to buy back its own cellular towers in R35-billion deal
133 MTN Group CEO Ralph Mupita MTN Group has agreed to acquire the shares in IHS Towers that it does not already own, in a deal that would see Africa’s largest mobile…
More drama in Warner Bros tug of war
129 Image: Reuters Warner Bros Discovery has rejected Paramount Skydance’s latest US$30/share hostile takeover bid, but is giving the Hollywood studio seven days to see if it can come up with a…
Icasa gears up for South Africa’s next big spectrum auction
135 Icasa CEO Tshiamo Maluleka-Disemelo Communications regulator Icasa expects to appoint a service provider, or providers, next month to run South Africa’s next major radio frequency spectrum auction. However, the regulator has…
Eskom unions spurn above-inflation wage offer
108 Two of South Africa’s biggest trade unions have rejected an improved 6% salary increase offer from state-owned power utility Eskom, their representatives said on Tuesday. Eskom has dragged on the economy…
SA firms turn to automated dispatch as crime perception soars
122 Six South African cities rank among the worst in the world for perceived crime. The problem is not that security companies fail to respond but rather how long it takes them…
iOCO goes desert storming with Saudi Arabia cloud expansion
101 Richard Vester Johannesburg-listed technology services group iOCO has expanded its operations in Saudi Arabia, growing its cloud practice in the region through a partnership with Amazon Web Services. The expansion is…
Blu Label lands electricity trading licence from Nersa
105 Blu Label co-CEO Mark Levy BluEnergy Trading, a subsidiary of JSE-listed Blu Label Unlimited Group, has been granted a multi-year energy trading licence by energy regulator Nersa, allowing it to buy…
Scaling modern, data-driven farming across Africa
138 Chris Duvenage, business unit manager digital at NEC XON AgriLogiq and NEC XON have announced a strategic partnership that brings together advanced agricultural technology expertise and enterprise-grade digital infrastructure to deliver…