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R75-billion Turkcell, MTN bribery case back in court

The supreme court of appeal in Bloemfontein will on Monday and Tuesday next week hear from Turkcell about why it feels a lower court - the high court in Gauteng - erred when it found in 2022 that South African courts did not have jurisdiction in the long-running matter. At the time, MTN
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23 Aug 2024

Suspect arrested in DStv piracy raid

It said that on Thursday, a successful raid was conducted in Gauteng with the support of detectives from the Eldorado Park police station. It followed similar raids recently in the Cape Town and Johannesburg. "The suspect, Jurgen Johannes Potgieter, was arrested for selling login creden
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26 Jul 2024

What Sanral says you can do with your e-tag

"The use of e-tags at toll plazas across the country remains the smartest payment method for road users," said Vusi Mona, GM for communications and marketing at Sanral , in a statement. "Following a recent article in which toll plazas were linked to card cloning and skimming as well as
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02 Jul 2024

Cell C stores to be sold in franchising plan

The mobile operator, which is the focus of a turnaround being led by CEO Jorge Mendes, said in a statement on Wednesday that the store franchise model is "in line with the strategy to leverage partnerships and collaboration to boost revenue and drive growth". The company plans to retain
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12 Jun 2024

Another arrest as MultiChoice targets streaming pirates

On Wednesday, TechCentral reported that MultiChoice , working with specialised Western Cape police, had made an arrest of an individual behind the Waka TV streaming operation. Now, in another enforcement action, a suspect has been arrested in Gauteng for the "illegal sale of internet st
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06 Jun 2024

Powerful weather front to test Eskom's fleet

A powerful weather front, which is sweeping across South Africa, looks set to put Eskom's generation fleet to the test in the coming days. The first winter storm arrives as the state-owned utility boasts, as of Sunday, an uninterrupted 67 days without imposing rolling blackouts
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02 Jun 2024

South Africans head to the polls in crucial election

South Africans vote in an election on Wednesday that looks set to reshape a political landscape dominated for three decades by the party that Nelson Mandela led to power. The ANC has won every vote since the end of white-minority rule in 1994, but its support slipped from a pea
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29 May 2024