African governments generate vast quantities of citizen data, from health records to tax filings, land registries and school enrolments. Much of it leaves the continent to be…

The trend is to provide consumers with rich content and to act on the message with the minimum of effort

By making a devastating mistake, this clinic proved it was on the right track

A look ahead at the most important court cases 2015 will bring. Important political cases, but also the state’s appeal in the Oscar Pistorius case.

The Concourt finding might make it harder for voters to distinguish between fact and comment.

The DA has hailed the ConCourt ruling as a victory for freedom of expression, while the ANC sees it as a reaffirmation that the message was opinion.

A DA SMS stating that President Jacob Zuma stole public money to build his Nkandla home was based on false information, the Electoral Court has held.

The ANC has been granted leave to appeal last week’s ruling that a DA SMS accusing President Zuma of stealing taxpayers’ monies was fair comment.

Transnet’s track record for public and employee fatalities is once again under the spotlight.

Using SMSs to remind HIV patients to take their dose of medication can give a major boost to drug adherence, a study in Kenya showed.

A recent court ruling found that SMSes are legally binding.

A California train engineer who was sending and receiving SMSs was blamed last month for causing one of the worst railroad crashes in US history.

Michael Phelps, swim your heart out. When it comes to SMSing, no one can beat My Svensson — at least in her native Sweden.

Hundreds of public bodies in the United Kingdom are to be given the power to access details of everyone’s personal SMS, email and internet use.