Author: Duncan McLeod

Zoho Corporation, a Chennai, India-based developer of a wide spectrum of software-as-a-service business applications, is eyeing significant expansion in South Africa.

Listed technology and logistics holding company Labat is getting into the cannabis business.

Cell C has stopped broadcasting the linear channels on its Black video-streaming service as the struggling mobile operator continues a major review of costs in its business.

Communications minister Stella Ndabeni-Abrahams has criticised national treasury’s discussion document on growing South Africa’s economy, suggesting the document’s chapter on telecommunications is outdated.

Telkom CEO Sipho Maseko has launched an extraordinary attack on national treasury’s discussion paper aimed at growing South Africa’s economy, accusing the department of tossing a grenade into the telecommunications sector.

General chaos ensues on the podcast this week as Duncan McLeod and Regardt van der Berg are joined by Louis Du Pisani, the CEO of the company behind the South African videogame Boet Fighter.

Huge Group CEO James Herbst and chief operating officer Andy Openshaw are in line for a share options windfall, if the proposal is approved by shareholders.

MultiChoice Group plans to offer shareholders in its two broad-based black economic empowerment schemes the opportunity to gain direct exposure to its shares listed on the JSE.

Shareholders in MultiChoice Group sent a strong message at the company’s first annual general meeting as a JSE-listed company, registering their displeasure over its remuneration policy.

All new Toyota and Lexus vehicles sold in South Africa will be fitted with a device that provides telematics and a Wi-Fi hotspot to which up to 15 users will be able to connect.