Government is racing to close the digital divide gap in SA, focusing on accelerating digital migration, writes Legalbrief. To this end, Communications & Digital Technologies Minister Khumbudzo Ntshavheni wants research and development projects that provide universal connectivity in SA to ... Read More
Social media's effect on young people took the spotlight last week as US Attorneys-General last week targeted Meta for manipulating children and teens' data, while at legislative level senators sought to introduce a Bill that will protect online privacy ... Read More
The SABC has again called on Parliament to scrap the TV licence fees system and replace it with a levy. Philly Moilwa, SABC general manager of regulatory affairs, last week told Parliament that a device-independent, tech-neutral public media levy for ... Read More
Following the March interim relief order ensuring GovChat is not off-boarded from WhatsApp, the Competition Tribunal has granted the citizen engagement platform a further extension. According to an IT Web report, the tribunal said this month it has ordered that ... Read More
A data strategy should be as organic as a company: growing, changing and moving, responding to environmental and internal forces. Writing in an IT Web analysis, Upuli De Abrew, a director at Insight Consulting, states that ‘with data and associated ... Read More
* The case against a Bonteheuwel woman accused of selling child pornography on the dark web was yesterday postponed to 8 December to determine at which level of court the matter will be heard. The woman was arrested when local police and ... Read More
* The CCMA, in collaboration with Business Unity SA has launched a free-to-use Labour Advice mobile application aimed at offering practical labour-related guidance and support to South African small businesses and other interested persons. The Labour Advice app is an extension ... Read More
* Senior executives at Amazon's business in India have been charged after two men allegedly used the web site as part of a marijuana smuggling operation. Last week, police in the central state of Madhya Pradesh arrested two men for ... Read More
Apple allows self-service repairApple will begin making parts and tools available for customers to fix their own devices, a significant shift in long-standing policies. The US tech giant said the programme would be available first for the iPhone 12 and ... Read More
Icasa has temporarily suspended the wireless open access network licensing timetable published last month. A Policy Watch report notes that, announcing this on Friday, the authority noted the importance of attending first to various international mobile telecommunications spectrum licensing process ... Read More
A second information memorandum on the licensing process for international mobile telecommunications has been released for comment. Gazetted last week with a reasons document, it deals with ‘coverage and quality obligations’ for various tiers of licensees, spectrum auction design, spectrum ... Read More
