Announcing the launch of its new, cheaper uncapped ADSL products, which will complement its current Premium Uncapped ADSL product suite, Internet Service Provider MWEB has revealed that the new packages will be available from February 1, 2013.

With the South Africa's antitrust regulator Competition Tribunal giving a conditional approval to the Glencore International's $36 billion acquisition of coal producer Xstrata on Tuesday, the sole outstanding requirement for the merger transaction to go ahead is an approval from China.

In an earlier-this-week announcement, French group Orange Telecommunications revealed that it may foray into the South African cellular communications industry by launching a mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) service in the country.

In a strategic announcement made on Monday, MTN Uganda said that it intends deploying a Long-Term Evolution (LTE) network in the country this year; with the move to make the service provider the leader in offering high-speed LTE technology in the East African region.

With the ticket sales for the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) being somewhat slow, the Local Organising Committee (LOC) plans to help boost ticket sales by launching a public awareness campaign in all cities hosting the event, which is scheduled to kick off in less than two weeks.

Nelson Mandela was recently released from hospital as he got treated for a lung infection. Now, since the year 2012 has been over with this good news, President Jacob Zuma tied the same together reminding South Africans that he still needs to be in their prayers.

At a "glitzy" ceremony held at Brusubi, Gambia, on Wednesday, the Africa Coast to Europe (ACE) submarine cable system was launched by the West African state's Vice President Isatou Njie-Saidy.

Thursday, the African National Congress (ANC), South Africa's ruling party, was supporting completely the campaign by the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) against Israel, as per the revelations of a recent report.