South Africa’s digital TV failure: While eMedia supports South Africa’s planned analogue switch-off, it doesn’t support the deadline of December 2024. – MyBroadband
The woman who plans to stop corruption at Eskom: Newly appointed deputy Electricity and Energy minister, Samantha Graham-Mare has said she will ensure Eskom accountability going forward. – MyBroadband
Netflix and streaming giants fighting tax to fund local news: Canada has introduced a 5% tax on streaming revenues to help fund local content, 1.5% of which goes towards Canadian news production. – MyBroadband
Elon Musk’s X risking EU fine: X is set to be served with a formal warning for failing to combat dangerous content, in the third show of force by European Union regulators against Big Tech in recent weeks. – MyBroadband
TeleMasters takeover deal on the cards: TeleMasters says discussions with the acquiring company are still ongoing. – MyBroadband
WigWag – The simplest way for South African businesses to accept online payments: WigWag is the simplest way for businesses of all sizes to accept online payments quickly and securely. – MyBroadband
South Africa’s major crypto rules shake-up: The Financial Intelligence Centre is finalising regulations that will govern all cryptocurrency transfers involving a South African sender or receiver. – MyBroadband
Samsung sales and profit skyrocket: The world’s largest maker of memory chips and smartphones posted a 15-fold surge in operating profit to 10.4 trillion won (R137.15 billion) in the June quarter, outstripping analysts’ projections. – MyBroadband
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