Huawei’s participation across GovTech 2026 highlighted the infrastructure and platforms needed to support more intelligent government services.
The Film and Publication Board council has been appointed for a five-year term, announces minister Solly Malatsi.
Minister Solly Malatsi formally removes the policy obstacle for licensing a wireless open access network, giving ICASA room to determine how this spectrum should be assigned.
The Please Call Me Millions: Who Paid? | ITWeb Tech Headlines 21 – 26 September 2026
These are the stories making headlines on ITWeb this week. An ITWeb investigation into the Please Call Me saga asks who paid for inventor Nkosana Makate's decade-long legal battle, with advocates potentially costing up to R145 000 a day, as Black Rock Mining's Errol Elsdon claims 40% of Makate's settlement with Vodacom.
New, secure leadership means the organisation is ready to fulfil its mandate, say government representatives at GovTech 2026.
A UK-backed project revives the WOAN model in KZN, to expand affordable connectivity through community-owned networks.
The state-owned signal provider reduces net loss deficit to R60 million in a single year, targeting future sustainable growth.
Parliament’s oversight body on communications extends the deadline for written submissions on the Bill by one month.
Minister Solly Malatsi says ICASA alone decides who gets a communications licence, even as he sees satellites as key to SA’s digital future.
Despite departments making progressive steps, communications minister Solly Malatsi highlights lingering pain points at some of the entities in his portfolio.
Minister Solly Malatsi describes ICASA’s regulatory moves on mobile data expiry as a useful intervention to bring down the cost to communicate and ensure consumers receive full value for money.
Government and business leaders discussed the realities of increasing AI adoption in SA at the Huawei South Africa Connect 2026 event.
The Department of Communications and Digital Technologies plans sustained engagement with TikTok to secure better earning opportunities for local content creators.
Rising Data Centre Costs, Global Conflicts Disrupt IT Spending as SA Banks Accelerate Digital Growth
In this week's tech news roundup, South African data centre providers warn that cloud computing and web hosting costs will rise in 2026 due to surging infrastructure and energy expenses. However, geopolitical conflicts—like those involving Israel, the US, and Iran—are disrupting IT spending patterns in unprecedented ways, as Phillip de Wet notes.
ITWeb Turns 30 as MultiChoice Axes Showmax, Nedbank Boosts Tech Spend and Spinnaker Enters SA Market
In this week's tech news roundup, This year marks our 30th anniversary at ITWeb – the company that pioneered technology media reporting in South Africa back in 1996. We now have a live feed that chronicles our journey from where we started to where we are today. Other than that, MultiChoice, which was recently acquired by French-based media giant Canal+, this week announced the forthcoming discontinuation of its Showmax streaming platform.