On the podcast this week, Duncan McLeod and Regardt van der Berg chat about former communications minister Siphiwe Nyanda’s startling claims about why he was fired by Jacob Zuma, plus more on Apple’s upcoming keynote.
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Duncan McLeod
Duncan McLeod is founder and managing editor of TechCentral. With more than 30 years of experience in technology journalism, he has worked for and contributed to a range of publications, including the Financial Mail, the Sunday Times and the Financial Times.
If former communications minister Roy Padayachie was doing the Guptas’ bidding, as his predecessor, Siphiwe Nyanda, now suggests, it’s deeply disappointing.
Members of Usaasa’s board, who were fired by telecommunications & postal services minister Siyabonga Cwele this week, have vowed to fight the decision to remove them, saying it was unlawful and unconstitutional.
Telecommunications & postal services minister Siyabonga Cwele has fired the board of government’s troubled universal access agency Usaasa, TechCentral has learnt.
MTN Group CEO Rob Shuter has warned that developments in Nigeria have complicated its plans for an initial public offering in the West African nation.
Lumko Mtimde, the suspended CEO of government’s universal service agency Usaasa, must be reinstated by next week, public protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane has ruled in a report that has condemned the conduct of the agency’s board.
MTN Group shares plunged more than 22% on Thursday morning after reports emerged that the Nigerian central bank has ordered four banks to refund more than $8-billion “illegally expatriated” by the telecommunications provider.
MTN Group has hit out at the Central Bank of Nigeria over a demand to refund more than $8-billion allegedly illegally expatriated from the country over an eight-year period.
Eran Eyal, a South African-educated technology entrepreneur who now lives in the US, is facing criminal charges in the New York for allegedly stealing more than $600 000 from investors.
Newzroom Afrika will replace the formerly Gupta-owned and now-defunct Afro Worldview (previously ANN7) on DStv, MultiChoice South Africa CEO Calvo Mawela said on Tuesday.