Road safety plus crime awareness key for SA

As the world marks UN Global Traffic Safety Week, it is becoming clear that South African road users need to develop a broader understanding of road safety – including crime awareness – if we are to make our country’s roads safer. This is the view of...

EOH statement on DA intention to take legal action

Fatima Newman, chief risk officer of EOH, has issued a statement in response to the Democratic Alliance’s stated intention to take legal action against implicated previous EOH management and related parties. “EOH welcomes this move and that of any other...

Inflation jumps to 4,3% in April

The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the South African Reserve Bank (SARB) is expected to keep interest rates on hold this week. This is the word from Lullu Krugel, chief economist for PwC Strategy& Africa, and Dr Christie Viljoen, PwC Strategy& economist,...
ISPA calls on government to open up communications licensing

ISPA calls on government to open up communications licensing

There is no reason under the Electronic Communications Act 36 of 2005 (ECA) why any qualifying telecommunicationss market entrant cannot apply to the Independent Communications Authority of SA (ICASA) for an individual electronic communications service (IECS) licence...

Is SA’s new data and cloud policy cause for concern?

Comments on government’s controversial proposed data policy – the Draft National Policy on Data and Cloud, released on 1 April 2021 – were due yesterday (18 May). The policy, in which the government will become co-owner of all data generated in South...

How DoC aims to spend R3,7bn this year

The Department of Communications and Digital Technologies says it aims to fast-track the broadcasting digital migration and release spectrum in the current year, amd. Presenting the department’s R3,7-billion budget, Minister Stella Ndabeni-Abrahams says these...