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Tue, March 5th, 15:49 · Richard Cutcher

Cape Town trade site looking to go national

A Cape Town startup website, connecting homeowners to tradesmen, has seen almost ZAR2.5 million (US$275,000) worth of jobs posted on its platform within its first week. → Read more
Tue, March 5th, 14:57 · Brandon Gregory

Controversial ‘US$15.4 million’ government website goes offline

The “Free State Online” website was offline for most of today following yesterday’s news exposing the South African provincial government for having spent millions of rand to update it and related sites. → Read more
Tue, March 5th, 14:11 · Tom Jackson

Multichoice to fight illegal movie downloads

MultiChoice says it plans to fight illegal movie downloads in South Africa, with many consumers turning to the internet for their viewing entertainment. → Read more
Tue, March 5th, 13:49 · Richard Cutcher

Gauteng to spend US$1.8 million on broadband network

The Gauteng provincial government in South Africa has set aside almost ZAR16 million (US$1.8 million) for the Gauteng Broadband Network initiative, as it turns its attentions to infrastructure development. → Read more
Tue, March 5th, 13:06 · Brandon Gregory

DA: “Stop Highway Robbery”

The Democratic Alliance (DA) is pushing its fight against the controversial e-tolling system in Gauteng and has demanded a referendum to properly facilitate the public’s opinions on the matter. → Read more
Tue, March 5th, 11:23 · Tom Jackson

Free State defends website spend

The Free State government has defended itself over claims it spent ZAR140 million (US$15.4 million) on the redesign of its website, saying the figure was considerably lower than this and in fact included work on 38 different sites. → Read more
Tue, March 5th, 11:01 · Babongile Matyila

SABC say Motsoeneng has not been reinstated as COO

The South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) has said Hlaudi Motsoeneng has not been reinstated to the position of acting Chief Operations Officer (COO). → Read more
Tue, March 5th, 10:51 · Richard Cutcher

Apple’s shares drop to 52-week low

Apple’s share price dropped to US$420.05 on Monday, the lowest in 52 weeks, and continued to fall in after hours trading last night. → Read more
Tue, March 5th, 09:57 · Nanine Steenkamp

Twitter conference promotes educators interaction

A South African headmaster is hoping to connect teachers through social media by running a series of Twitter conferences. → Read more
Tue, March 5th, 09:38 · Tom Jackson

Cisco unveils new financing solutions for SA

Cisco Capital launched a new range of financing solutions for South African customers at the Cisco Expo South Africa 2013 yesterday. → Read more
Tue, March 5th, 09:17 · Nanine Steenkamp

FANCAM owes success to good SA work ethic

South African photography startup Virtual Africa believes hard work paid off as their success story continues to grow with its 360 degree Gigapixel imaging business FANCAM. → Read more
Tue, March 5th, 09:04 · Tom Jackson

OPINION: Free State spending an exercise in gluttony

It has not been a good 24 hours for South Africa’s Free State provincial government, with reports of wild overspending on its website redesign and on a television channel for premier Ace Magashule. → Read more
Tue, March 5th, 07:59 · Tom Jackson

Copper theft falls to lowest in four years

The South Africa Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Sacci) announced yesterday copper theft fell to its lowest level since April 2009 in January, predicting further falls this year. → Read more
Tue, March 5th, 07:28 · Brandon Gregory

DA: “premier Magashule spent ZAR12 million (US$1.3 million) on his own television channel”

South Africa’s opposition party the Democratic Alliance (DA) says Ace Magashule, premier of the Free State Province, has spent ZAR12 million (US$1.3 million) on his own television channel as another “propaganda project”. → Read more
Mon, March 4th, 15:46 · Nanine Steenkamp

Bonfiire goes live

South African conversation-starting social network Bonfiire has launched as part of the Maak Jou Oë Oop (Open Your Eyes) week at the University of Stellenbosch (US). → Read more
Mon, March 4th, 15:28 · HumanIPO

Dina in denial: Communications Minister’s statement in full

With allegations suggesting South Africa’s Communications Minister Dina Pule hoped to benefit her alleged boyfriend and his business partner by placing Sentech in control of the set-top box conditional access system in the country’s digital migration, the minister has been forced to deny any wrongdoing or personal interest. → Read more
Mon, March 4th, 15:12 · Tom Jackson

BB Z10 now available through FNB

South Africa’s First National Bank (FNB) is offering the BlackBerry Z10 to certain account holders through its website for ZAR269 (US$30). → Read more
Mon, March 4th, 15:02 · Brandon Gregory

Reports of traffic fines sent to offenders’ email inboxes denied

Reports indicating South Africans’ traffic fines may be sent via email following amendments to the law on the Administrative Adjudication of Road Traffic (Aarto), which were published in the Government Gazette, are incorrect. → Read more
Mon, March 4th, 14:06 · Brandon Gregory

Free State website the most expensive in South Africa

The Free State provincial government has reportedly spent ZAR140 million (US$15.4 million) on the redesign of their website, though these claims have been denied by the province’s director general Elzabe Rockman. → Read more
Mon, March 4th, 14:05 · Nanine Steenkamp

It’s all about the user, says FANCAM

The South African based 360 degree photography company FANCAM is of opinion that many brands ‘miss’ their users because of a diverted marketing focus. → Read more