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We're still here, Super 5 Media tells Icasa

The Independent Communications Authority of SA (ICASA) has received a written assurance from pay-TV licensee Super 5 Media that it is still in operation.

By Candice Jones

19 Aug 2010

However, Super 5 Media's letter to ICASA came just days after it had retrenched all its remaining employees, about 40 people in all.

Read the full story at www.TechCentral.co.za.

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Founded by Duncan McLeod, TechCentral is the leading quality news and information resource for people involved in South Africa’s fast-growing information and communications technology industry and those interested in the fast-changing world of information technology. It provides quality news, reviews and comment relevant to its quickly expanding audience. Follow TechCentral on Twitter at TechCentral, become a Facebook fan and subscribe to the daily newsletter.

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