Ironically, the week that SA’s major telecoms players formally joined an association to boost networking synergies in the sector, Telkom received two more expressions of interest in acquiring the telecom operator’s business, writes Legalbrief. Telkom shareholders, which include the government ... Read More

Australian-style legislation that would force Google and Meta (owner of Facebook) to pay for the privilege of featuring news content of local media houses, has been proposed in SA. A News24 report notes that as part of a Competition Commission ... Read More

With reports that only 16% of SA’s 257 municipalities got a clean audit for the 2020-21 financial year, accounting experts Xero SA, has declared that the overall standard of financial management in the municipalities has regressed considerably over the past ... Read More

With the Hawks saying they are confident more arrests are on the cards, experts say anyone who shared or retweeted statements, pictures and videos which incited public violence during the July unrest last year are just as guilty as the ... Read More

The significant increase in the use of chatbot technology and online live agents on chat will help firms better engage with their customers. Writing in an analysis on the Out-Law.com site, Andreas Carney, partner at Pinsent Masons, notes that ... Read More

* MTN saw mobile data revenue rise by 14.6% from R7.9bn to R9.04bn in its results for the half year to end June. Data revenue was up despite a 8.9% reduction in the effective rate of data ... Read More

* Sassa in KZN said it was concerned by the increasing number of scam messages on social media purporting to be selling Sassa cards. In July, Sassa urged social grant recipients to be wary of fake people purporting to be Sassa ... Read More

* The SABC has reached an out-of-court settlement with its former head of news, Phathiswa Magopeni, who was axed in January after a disciplinary process over a breakdown of trust in their relationship. An internal disciplinary hearing in December found her ... Read More

LinkedIn on the rise in SALinkedIn, the networking platform for professionals, says it has seen significant growth in SA, with a double-digit increase in user registrations year-on-year, over the past few years. The world’s largest professional network made its debut ... Read More

Icasa has given notice that it has received applications from Q-KON SA (Pty) Ltd for the transfer of ownership of its Individual Electronic Communications Service and Individual Electronic Communications Network Service licences. A Policy Watch report notes that the transfer ... Read More