Corruption cloud hangs over SA

South Africa ranked number 67 out of 174 countries on the latest Corruption Perception Index from Transparency International. The country’s score of 44 puts South Africa on the wrong side of a scale that scores 100 for “very clean” and 0 for “highly corrupt”. It joins...

Africa ripe for global investors, developers

The African continent continues to attract the interest of global investors, developers and operators searching for growth. While there are short term concerns in some of Africa’s regions, the opportunities abound for infrastructure investment and development....

Engen offers forecourt WiFi

Engen is setting up 32 WiFi hotspots, set to come online at Engen 1-Stop service stations on the country’s main freeways by 15 December 2014. “With 14 sites ready and 18 to come, Engen is doing everything possible to ensure its customers stay connected during the...

MTN apologises for network hassles

MTN has issued an apology to customers affected by service disruptions in the last two weeks. The company states that, to meet the increasing quality and capacity demands on the network, it is significantly re-engineering its network in certain parts of the country to...

MeerKAT gets R150m funding injection

The Max Planck Society (MPG) and the Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy (MPIfR) have made R150-million (€11-million) available to build and install radio receivers on the South African MeerKAT radio telescope. The receivers will be built by the MPIfR and will...