South African telecoms company, Rain, is expanding into a "full mobile network operator" and will now be offering voice services on its network.

Electricity generated from the private sector will exceed the output from Eskom’s generation fleet by 2025, effectively replacing the state-run utility.

Two separate Seacom business customers have told MyBroadband that their services have been offline since Wednesday morning without any communication from the company.

Vodafone Group said that the CEO of its biggest shareholder will join the board as its Emirati backers gain more sway over the company’s strategy.

MTN South Africa’s network availability came under severe pressure in the first quarter of the year due to ongoing power outages across the country: there were 90 days of load shedding in Q1 compared to 14 days in the same period in 2022.

South Africa’s rand tumbled the most among the world’s major currencies as the nation walked into a geopolitical tight corner just as everything from a domestic energy crisis to global monetary tightening is battering the currency.

Last week, Rain unveiled its new Rain One product, combining mobile and fixed-wireless plans and offering mobile voice calls for the first time.

EOH investors struggle to show any reward for their trust in the company and for participating in the rights offer earlier this year.