utils.ArticleTopic.None 05 Dec 2024
Ushering in a new telecoms monopolyThe DA and ANC wish to neuter the Competition Commission to provide Vodacom and Remgro (Johann Rupert's company) the opportunity to assemble a national telecoms monopoly
Robert Duigan
utils.ArticleTopic.None 27 Nov 2024
The spaza crackdown isn't about safety, it's about taxNone of the risks are new, but the GNU provides an opportunity for pursuing the end of the cash economy, and with it, some rather sinister global reforms.
Robert Duigan
utils.ArticleTopic.None 24 Nov 2024
Fixing a major cause of fibre internet service interruptionsFibre line migrations often leave customers offline for days. The ISPA has issued new best-practice guidelines to improve fibre line transfers.
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utils.ArticleTopic.None 24 Nov 2024
Cape fibre operator comes out on top in the latest industry surveyThe ISPA's latest survey took ratings from 44 ISPs on the performance of their fibre infrastructure hosts. Only two fibre companies managed to score above Telkom.
Newsroom
utils.ArticleTopic.None 24 Nov 2024
SARB pushes cashless societyThe Reserve Bank is pushing for a series of private acquisitions in order to make it easier to track and control the population's behaviour
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utils.ArticleTopic.None 09 Nov 2024
Mastercard South Africa joins push for real-time paymentsThe effort can be seen as part of a financial arms race, as Russia spearheads efforts for BRICS to develop its own "ringfenced" payments system
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utils.ArticleTopic.None 30 Oct 2024
MultiChoice lobbies for laws to force ISPs to block usersWhile the ISPA insists ISPs are under no obligation to impose user surveillance programmes to combat piracy, Multi Choice wants to change this.
Newsroom
utils.ArticleTopic.None 30 Oct 2024
Cape Town to host inaugural Global Surveillance Summit 2024The AU and the International Society for Infectious Diseases aim to develop new ways of exerting global control on national governments through pandemic preparation
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