Author: Duncan McLeod

Vodacom Group’s long-serving chief technology officer, Andries Delport, has resigned after 23 years with the telecommunications operator.

JPMorgan has declined to comment on suggestions that it pressured First National Bank, through parent FirstRand, to shut the bank accounts of South African cryptocurrency exchanges.

JPMorgan pressured First National Bank to close the accounts of cryptocurrency exchanges in South Africa, according to two separate sources. FNB has strongly denied that external pressure forced its hand.

There is a “pretty good” chance that MultiChoice Group will launch its standalone “dishless” streaming product by the end of its financial year in March 2020, the company said on Thursday.

Shares in Telkom continued their sharp downward slide on Thursday, flirting with levels last seen more than two years ago, as investors digested the group’s recent interim results and its complicated attempt to buy Cell C.

MultiChoice Group-owned streaming video platform Showmax will launch a cut-price version of its product aimed at smart device users who don’t consume content on a television screen.

First National Bank provided more insight on Wednesday into why it has given notice to cryptocurrency trading platforms in South Africa that it will shut their bank accounts.

Podcast | Following the explosive reports in 2017 that SAP Africa paid “kickbacks” to Gupta-owned companies to secure contracts at state-owned enterprises, MD Cathy Smith has said the organisation is on the mend.

Communications regulator Icasa said on Tuesday that it will probe the just-signed expanded roaming agreement between MTN South Africa and Cell C.

Telkom on Tuesday rubbished talk among some JSE traders that it is planning a hostile bid for Cell C.