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The digital revolution: How the internet has revolutionised our lives

These days you don’t have to leave your home to be entertained and fed

Free internet for over 300 schools

Cool Schools initiative provides fibre connectivity to hundreds of schools across SA

The high court in Pretoria has granted an application by matric learner Anlé Spies, lobby group AfriForum and Maroela Media to compel the department of basic education to have last year’s matric examination results published in newspapers.

Court rules matric results will be published in the media

Court grants AfriForum’s application to compel the department of basic education to publish matric results in newspapers and online platforms

Spill out: Facebook chief Mark Zuckerberg testifies before the US Senate judiciary and commerce committees on the protection of user data.

Web threatens democracy and must be regulated – without limits on freedom of speech

The political harms caused by large scale are critical issues as well, and ought to be considered in antitrust enforcement

(Akintunde Akinleye/Reuters)

Internet a distant dream for many in oil-rich Equatorial Guinea

Equatorial Guinea has the most expensive internet in the world after Zimbabwe

Bangladesh, which has more than 92 million internet users, has a history of blocking websites and key social media such as Facebook and YouTube. (Reuters)

Bangladesh slows internet ahead of election

At the end of an election campaign marked by deadly violence, internet services were slowed across the country with 3G and 4G services suspended

For foreign-hosted content, South African citizens lack a clear framework to protect their online privacy and hold others to account

Internet freedom thrives in SA

South Africa has been ranked 8th in internet freedom out of 65 countries but, as Gigaba will know this week, we might be enjoying it too much

Preventing poor people from selling their RDP houses widens the inequality gap in South Africa.

Telecom statistics are key to socioeconomic development

Ministerial roundtable to examine innovative policies on how to deliver the benefits of ICT to all citizens and to ensure that no one is left behind.

Internet freedom: Why access is becoming a human right

Lowering mobile data costs and offering free internet are some of the ways to increase accessibility to online spaces, writes Indra de Lanerolle.

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SPIKE, DOUBLE: Internet freedom: why access is becoming a human right

Lowering mobile data costs and offering free internet are some of the ways to increase accessibility to online spaces, writes Indra de Lanerolle.

Wi-fi revolution slow in coming

Touted as the great equaliser, analysts are not unanimous that access to the internet will liberate South Africans.

Internet speeds of up to 10 gigabits per second can be reached at South Africa’s universities and research institutions.

Hashish and Russia’s big HTTPS problem

Russia is trying strategies to circumvent the secure HTTPS internet protocol.

Ntando Magubane listens to mayor Parks Tau’s address alone at Thokoza Park.

Johannesburg: One metropolis, two lives

SA’s de facto capital has announced bold plans to change the lives of its citizens. But not everyone is on board, as events on the same day showed.

Beyond the firewall: China’s latest censorship machine has been dubbed the Great Cannon and was set up in March.

China launches new cyber attack weapon

The Chinese government has developed a new tool to prevent its citizens from accessing the internet freely.

Bangladesh, which has more than 92 million internet users, has a history of blocking websites and key social media such as Facebook and YouTube. (Reuters)

Fast new word in broadband

ITU members have achieved approval for G.Fast, a broadband standard designed to offer speeds of up to 1GB per second over standard telephone wires.

A target of universal broadband access in South Africa by 2020 has been set

A tale of two internet connections

South Africa’s latest General Household Survey shows healthy growth in internet connectivity, but the full story is less encouraging.

Taxi commuters happy about free wifi access

Commuters are pleased following the launch of WiTaxi, which will see 1 500 taxis and 50 taxi ranks providing free internet access to passengers.

Wikipedia

Cellphone providers give learners free Wikipedia

A group of grade 12 pupils asked all South Africa’s cellphone providers for free Wikipedia on their phones, and they got it.

Michelle Obama receives a book from Peking University Communist Party secretary Zhu Shanlu after her speech.

Michelle Obama tells Chinese students internet freedom is a universal right

The US first lady addressed a group of Peking University students while on a tour of China to build goodwill through soft diplomacy.

A target of universal broadband access in South Africa by 2020 has been set

What the ‘universal’ water access lie taught us about broadband

The communication department has set a target of "universal" broadband access. But if it is similar to our water access, it won’t be universal at all.