Mark Zuckerberg’s personal wealth has fallen by nearly $7 billion (R105 billion) in a few hours, knocking him down a notch on the list of the world’s richest people.

Whether South Africans eat lunch, watch TV, do banking, go to a hospital, or use the Internet, Johann Rupert gets a slice.

MyBroadband has seen the revenue calculation models developed by Kenneth Nkosana Makate’s legal team that the Supreme Court of Appeal ordered Vodacom to use.

If Vodacom were required to pay the higher amount ordered by the Supreme Court, Kenneth Nkosana Makate would, for a moment, have more cash than Patrice Motsepe’s estimated net worth.

Eskom’s coal-fired power stations do not meet minimum emissions standards, and trying to make them compliant would be too expensive.

If international trends are followed in South Africa, DStv Premium is set to die at the hands of Netflix.

Lower uncapped fibre-to-the-home prices and Netflix are killing DStv Premium.

MTN South Africa and Telkom have held discussions regarding a possible merger, according to a report.

MultiChoice’s latest annual results show that DStv lost about 144,000 subscribers.

Several major video streaming services have adopted live sports in certain regions in the past few years — including Amazon Prime Video, Apple TV+, Disney+ Hotstar, and YouTube TV.

The South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) has stated that regulation is needed to expand the definition of a TV licence to include services such as Netflix.

South Africa’s only driving licence card printing machine has apparently been broken for two weeks.

The ANC has come under increasing pressure to resolve South Africa’s power crisis after more than two decades of indecision, graft and political interference reduced Eskom to a dysfunctional entity...

DStv-owner MultiChoice has seen its half-year after-tax earnings swing from a R55-million profit, to a R911-million loss.

Eskom said it has not processed any electricity debt write-offs for direct or municipal customers, contrary to claims by Gauteng Premier and ANC Gauteng chairman Panyaza Lesufi.

An SIU report found that Eskom employees engineered load-shedding to sign huge emergency contracts to benefit coal suppliers.

Rain has launched 5G services in South Africa, offering “ultra-broadband” aimed at home and small business users.

The delivery of this shipment sparked diplomatic controversy between South Africa and the United States when US Ambassador Reuben Brigety told reporters the arms transaction had involved South Africa...

Nkosana Makate argues that Vodacom owes him at least R20 billion for his role in the company launching Please Call Me.

The government and SABC want people to pay TV licence fees for laptops, tablets, DStv decoders, and Netflix subscriptions, but have dropped smartphones from the list.

MyBroadband phoned multiple driving licence and Home Affairs offices around Gauteng and not one of our calls to an official number was answered.

Amazon’s South African marketplace has gone live, offering free delivery on the first order.

Volkswagen Passenger Car CEO Thomas Schäfer said that factors like load-shedding, rising labour costs, and severe railway and port problems had him concerned about the future viability of its South...

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa said the energy department would take over responsibility for overseeing state utility Eskom.

Apple has been fined $2 million (R29.6 million) for selling its iPhone smartphones without chargers in Brazil.

Naspers has appointed Phuthi Mahanyele-Dabengwa to the global Naspers management team as chief executive officer for South Africa.

MultiChoice has warned that if ICASA proceeds with heavy-handed regulations, it could cost thousands of jobs.

The Supreme Court has ruled in favour of Kenneth Nkosana Makate, who previously said their models show that Vodacom owes him billions.

Labour union Solidarity has announced it will serve court papers on the Minister of Human Settlements, Water and Sanitation, Lindiwe Sisulu, over the use of Cuban engineers to help fix the country’s...

MultiChoice declared no dividend for the year. Weak domestic currencies has hurt the company, but DStv in South Africa also recorded a huge drop in trading profit.

Finance minister Enoch Godongwana has published new preferential procurement rules for tenders, bringing an end to a previous requirement that said companies could be disqualified if they were not...

Before WhatsApp, before BBM, before Facebook, South Africa had Mxit.

Democratic Alliance communications spokesperson Dianne Kohler Barnard slammed the ANC over “blocking” Elon Musk’s Starlink.

Eskom board member Mteto Nyati says empowerment rules holding back Eskom must be scrapped.

In solidarity with Springbok rugby player Bongi Mbonambi, EskomSePush has changed the name it displays in push notifications.

Communications minister Mondli Gungubele says that Starlink must comply with South Africa’s laws around ownership equity for electronic communications network providers.

An ANC document revealed that government wants more private companies to invest in infrastructure and take over SOEs.

While Netflix is testing different packages, it has no plans to increase its fee in South Africa.

SABC CEO Madoda Mxakwe has stated that the public broadcaster will launch an OTT streaming service to compete with international players like Netflix.

DStv’s subscriber loss accelerated over the past six months.

The former Eskom CEO’s claims will likely cause a headache for Public Enterprises minister Pravin Gordhan when he appears before Scopa this week.

Andre de Ruyter was being investigated by Eskom’s new board for alleged procurement irregularities before his resignation.

Outgoing Eskom CEO André de Ruyter believes that South African politicians — and those in the ANC in particular — are complicit in corruption and power station sabotage that has hammered the utility.

Digitech is currently offline and throwing errors. The Department of Communications and Digital Technologies also revealed who redesigned the website.

Takealot has appointed Mamongae Mahlare as its next group chief executive officer.

National Treasury officials reportedly proposed a 1% or 2% VAT increase to sustain South Africa’s R350 “social relief of distress” grants.

The Johannesburg High Court has ruled that a small Free State municipality is not allowed to use its own solar power to reduce load-shedding, despite sourcing much of its electricity from private...

Core Group was the exclusive Apple distributor in South Africa for over two decades, but this is set to change.

The Department of Transport says its driving licence card printing machine broke down and will take weeks to fix.

A former operative of a coal “black site” has revealed how syndicates around Middelburg hijacked Eskom’s coal supplies and resold them for around 10 times the price that Eskom pays.

Major entities in the hospitality industry in South Africa have called for government to step in an regulate Airbnb, according to a City Press report.

The South African government paid over R1.6 billion to Cuba for services which could have been done by local workers.

The AA has announced that its expects a big drop in the petrol price in December.

MultiChoice has banned any content that includes Steve Hofmeyr from being shown on its platforms, including DStv.

Eskom has confirmed that an update to a national standards document proposes providing load-shedding schedules up to Stage 16.

If Kenneth Nkosana Makate gets the payday he’s after, there will be consequences.

Energy minister Gwede Mantashe has tried to shift the blame for South Africa’s inadequate electricity capacity to the private sector instead of acknowledging the ruling party’s total failure.

The SABC’s Gugu Ntuli told MyBroadband that the broadcaster has not used TV Licence inspectors in 10 years.

Telkom offered to buy Cell C and combine South Africa’s two smallest mobile network operators to better compete against larger rivals, according to people familiar with the matter.

Icasa has warned the South African public against buying Starlink.

Experian South Africa CEO Ferdie Pieterse downplayed the seriousness of a data breach which exposed the personal details of 23.4 million individuals.

Solidarity has sent a list of more than 120 “competent and willing” South African engineers to Minister Lindiwe Sisulu who can be replace the 24 Cuban engineers which will cost millions.

Eskom has confirmed that the System Operator is implementing stage 7 power cuts during South Africa’s evening peak power demand periods.

The need for a TV licence extends beyond presenting it when you buy a new TV online or at a store.

An intellectual property specialist says merely opening a copy sent to you amounts to a copyright infringement.

FNB customers can now add their cards to the Apple Wallet and make payments with their iPhone or Apple Watch at supported contactless payment points.

The Information Regulator has already issued one infringement notice and has identified 14 other potential offenders.

The cash-strapped ANC is struggling to pay salaries after SARS claimed R17 million because of unpaid taxes.

South Africa ranked dead-last out of 20 countries in a comparison of road fatalities. The study also found men were signficantly more likely to be involved in car accidents than women.

Kenneth Nkosana Makate’s legal team has accepted Vodacom’s invitation to negotiate an out-of-court settlement in the Please Call Me case.

Eskom CEO Andre de Ruyter said the utility spent obscene amounts buying basic day-to-day goods, like R26 for a one-ply toilet roll and R51 per black refuse bag.

A number of prominent South African companies have published an open letter to Cyril Ramaphosa, pleading for the national ban on tobacco products to be lifted.

Ster-Kinekor will soon screen old movies like Back to the Future, Chicago, Meet Joe Black, and Notting Hill for R50 per ticket.

Samsung Pay was launched in South Africa in August 2018, offering users a secure and easy-to-use platform to make contactless mobile payments.

Eskom CEO André de Ruyter says they are in negotiations with Vodacom, and Vodacom has called on companies to join the utility’s 100 megawatts from 100 companies push.

A pair of South African brothers have vanished, along with Bitcoin worth R51 billion from their cryptocurrency investment platform.

A new investigation revealed that Vodacom has billed its customers for content services without their permission.

SARS Commissioner Edward Kieswetter said the excise duties is only a small part of the total loss in taxes because of the alcohol and cigarette ban.

Patrice Motsepe is reportedly in talks with Groupe Canal+ to help them buy DStv operator MultiChoice.

Eskom can’t rely on government bailouts forever, but it also needs the energy sector regulator to allow it to increase prices to meet the cost of producing power, says CEO André de Ruyter.

South Africa’s Special Investigating Unit (SIU) is investigating 90 companies which are alleged to have benefitted from corrupt health department contracts, according to a report in the Sunday Times.

New black empowerment laws in the telecommunications industry are jeopardising the rollout of SpaceX’s Starlink Internet service in South Africa.

Eskom plans to implement permanent load-shedding in South Africa for the next two years.

MultiChoice investors have lost R32 billion in six months as the DStv owner struggles to hold on to high-end subscribers and find new revenue streams.

The independent power producer supplying Frankfort and the surrounding area in Mafube municipality with electricity from solar farms says it had to start switching off some of its panels after a...

A new report revealed City Power paid R158,700 for 46 small bottles of sanitiser, which works out to R3,450 per bottle. The same product can be purchased at Clicks for R29.99 each.

The SABC paid its top executives and senior managers millions despite huge losses at the state broadcaster.

Public enterprises minister Pravin Gordhan says the credible information former Eskom CEO André de Ruyter provided didn’t reveal anything new, while the rest of his utterances must be treated with...

Eskom CEO André de Ruyter and public enterprises minister Pravin Gordhan have commented on why Camden power station was taken offline.

Takealot has launched a monthly subscription service including a plan that provides unlimited free deliveries and collections of orders on Takealot.com, as well as unlimited free Mr. D grocery...

Public enterprises minister Pravin Gordhan says multiple institutions, both local and multinational, in addition to some ANC politicians, benefited from corruption and sabotage at Eskom.

Toyota is concerned about the violence and looting in KwaZulu-Natal and said it is not certain if it can continue to invest in South Africa.

Apple Pay is now available in South Africa, but not all banks support the digital mobile payment platform

Edcon Holdings Ltd., South Africa’s second-biggest clothing retailer, said it may not be able to re-open at the end of a three-week national shutdown to combat the coronavirus outbreak.

President Cyril Ramaphosa and communications minister Khumbudzo Nthsavheni have enacted the controversial Film and Publications Amendment Act, previously nicknamed the “Internet Censorship Bill.”

All municipalities have been advised to adjust their load shedding schedule up to stage 8.

SA fintech company Yoco has raised R1.23 billion to accelerate product development and reach more merchants in South Africa and beyond.

Among the expenses was R470,000 to repair an intercom and security system at a Houghton Estate home in Johannesburg.

Eskom employees collude with contractors and suppliers in a “big scam” to increase their overtime and bonuses and make money on the side through inside information.