TOBY SHAPSHAK: How deep does the rot go?
It’s no wonder the telecoms ministry is in disarray — some of its ministers have a history of links to the Guptas
TOBY SHAPSHAK: Legislation should enable telecoms market, not compete with it
Lower voice call rates and a potentially disruptive spectrum allocation in telecoms keep the industry on tenterhooks
TOBY SHAPSHAK: Social networks should support fact over falsehood
Conspiracy theories and other untruths have no place on the internet. Social networks should defend real freedom of speech
TOBY SHAPSHAK: Huawei upsets the Apple cart
Huawei has overtaken the iPhone maker in the smartphone stakes and has eyes on Samsung’s No1 spot
TOBY SHAPSHAK: Of course it would be Apple
The iPhone maker has defined this mobile internet age we live in and was always on track to be the first $1 trillion company
TOBY SHAPSHAK: Facebook’s $120bn plunge brings schadenfreude
Losing $120bn is the first major financial consequence of Facebook’s lax privacy policies
TOBY SHAPSHAK: No place for Holocaust denialists in the world
Facebook has stooped to defending the indefensible in dealing with Holocaust and school-shooting liars
TOBY SHAPSHAK: What the Thai cave rescue says about humanity
As horrific as it was, the Thai cave rescue’s dramatic conclusion last week reminded us that the world is a good place
TOBY SHAPSHAK: How a TripAdvisor user’s fake restaurant became London’s number one
What started as a prank turned into an extraordinary story of gaming the system, and red faces at TripAdvisor
TOBY SHAPSHAK: An eye into our national soul
Photographers such as Sam Nzima and David Goldblatt have been great chroniclers of our history
TOBY SHAPSHAK: Chips are down for Intel boss
The resignation of the company’s CEO over a moral infraction is an astounding display of ethics. We can learn from it
TOBY SHAPSHAK: Liberty hack reveals e-mail’s flaws
E-mail is not a secure means of transmitting private and financial information. You’ve been warned
TOBY SHAPSHAK: Standing up to cyberbullies
Monica Lewinsky went from being an unknown to the most harassed person online. But she’s fighting back
TOBY SHAPSHAK: How to teach the past in the present
History is important, but so is how it is taught. In this Internet age, education methods need to keep pace
TOBY SHAPSHAK: The privacy laws that will change our lives
One day we will all be grateful that Europe’s GDPR will claw back our own privacy
TOBY SHAPSHAK: Facebook cleans up its act
Clean-up wipes out nearly a quarter of its users, but electioneering is moving to WhatsApp
TOBY SHAPSHAK: Nostalgia for Qwerty’s key role
The keyboard is one of those anachronisms of the mechanical age that live on in the digital era
SIKONATHI MANTSHANTSHA: Land is not black or white
The political opportunists who say land is a black and white matter have another thing coming
TOBY SHAPSHAK: Icasa is policing steam trains
The inquiry into MultiChoice’s monopoly is a waste of time when data costs are more pressing and urgent
