Author: Duncan McLeod

Podcast | Pieter de Villiers began his career as an optometrist, but quickly pivoted into the world of technology entrepreneurship when he realised running a retail store was not his cup of tea.

Podcast | For the past two years, Stephen van Coller has been holding down one of the toughest CEO jobs in South Africa – attempting to lead IT services group EOH Holdings out of dire straits.

Scandal-plagued IT services group EOH Holdings has turned in a significant improvement in full-year results, with the total headline loss per share in the period ended 31 July 2020 reduced by 72%.

An Absa employee accused of leaking some of the bank’s South African customer data to third parties provided the information, which included credit card numbers, to several third parties in return for payment.

Absa has been hit by a data leak, which the banking group said on Monday evening was limited in nature, but which involved the “unlawful” leaking of client information by an employee.

Icasa’s recent decision to extend the allocation of emergency spectrum under the Covid-19 disaster regulations to operators to the end of March 2021 now has an added proviso: The companies will have to cough up for it.

Former EOH executive Jehan Mackay has taken centre stage in corruption allegations involving payments to senior ANC figures, including Zizi Kodwa and a former personal assistant to ex-President Jacob Zuma.

After coming under political and union pressure, the SABC board has decided not to proceed with 400 planned job cut – needed as part of a plan to save itself from financial collapse – until at least January.

For the second time in less than two weeks, Vodacom was having major problems with its network in South Africa on Monday. Services were eventually restored on Monday evening.

Takealot.com, South Africa’s largest online retailer, grew revenue by 41% to $238-million, despite being limited to selling only “essential items” during the hard lockdown earlier this year.