114 The brutal murder of Armand Swart, wrongly identified as a whistle-blower, was believed to be orchestrated through a network of phones, including a disposable “burner” phone found on suspects, according to…
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DStv woos customers with free upgrades
79 MultiChoice Group, now owned by Canal+, is ramping up its turnaround strategy with a festive season campaign designed to claw back market share. The pay-television operator has launched “Thol-iUpsize”, a DStv…
JSE denies anticompetitive behaviour as watchdog heads to tribunal
81 The JSE has rejected claims of “exclusionary conduct”, which the Competition Commission said has hampered the ability of rival exchange A2X to grow in the South Africa market. The commission announced…
Vodacom CEO: Rica has been ‘gamed’
119 Vodacom Group CEO Shameel Joosub Vodacom Group CEO Shameel Joosub has called for a “more sophisticated” Sim card registration system for South Africa, saying criminals have learnt to “game” Rica and…
are you using the cloud, or just paying for it?
83 Almost every enterprise today claims to be “in the cloud”. You’ve likely led that charge, moving workloads, trading capex for opex and securing theoretically unlimited scaling. But the transformation promised by…
‘Paratus 500’ connects 500 million people across 15 African countries
97 Pan-African telecommunications network services provider, Paratus Group, announces the launch of “Paratus 500” – a defining milestone following the group’s expansion into seven additional African markets earlier this year, including Eswatini,…
Teraco flips the switch on 50MW Cape Town data centre
101 Teraco CEO Jan Hnizdo Teraco has completed a major expansion of its CT2 hyperscale data centre in Cape Town, boosting total capacity on the site to 50MW of critical IT load….
LG honoured with multiple CES 2026 innovation awards
96 LG Electronics has been honoured with numerous CES 2026 Innovation Awards, including two best of innovation distinctions, reaffirming its leadership in next-generation smart life solutions and display technology excellence. Presented annually…
Vodacom’s Maziv deal is still not done
70 Vodacom South Africa is still awaiting approval from communications regulator Icasa for its acquisition of a 30% co-controlling stake in fibre operator Maziv. Icasa’s approval had been expected quickly after the…
Prepaid slump takes shine off Vodacom South Africa results
94 A building on Vodacom’s campus in Midrand, Johannesburrg While international markets helped propel Vodacom Group’s interim results to 30 September 2025 higher, its South African operation has turned in a decidedly…