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Amazon Leo all set for South African launch

by nouman | Jul 15, 2026 | Amazon, Amazon Leo, Estiaan Ferreira, HeroTel, Icasa, Internet and connectivity, Maziv, News, Sections, SpaceX, Starlink, Trevor Vieweg, Van Zyl Botha, Vodacom, Vumatel

Herotel will distribute Amazon Leo satellite broadband in South Africa – sidestepping the licensing trap snaring rival Starlink.

Industry to Icasa: punish municipalities that stall network roll-out

by nouman | Jul 13, 2026 | ACT, Dark Fibre Africa, Huawei, Icasa, Ispa, Maziv, MTN, News, Policy and regulation, Rain, Sections, Solly Malatsi, Telkom, Vodacom, Vumatel, Wapa

Industry body ACT used day one of Icasa’s rapid deployment hearings to demand binding municipal deadlines.

Memo to Eskom: Telkom already lost this fight

by nouman | Jul 8, 2026 | BLSA, Busisiwe Mavuso, Cyril Ramaphosa, Dan Marokane, Energy and sustainability, Eskom, Frogfoot, Mteto Nyati, News, Octotel, Openserve, Sections, Sipho Maseko, Telkom, Vumatel

Telkom fought to keep its network and South Africa lost a decade. Eskom risks making the same mistake.