Author: Duncan McLeod

MTN Group has moved to have Turkcell’s $4.2bn (R59bn) lawsuit against it thrown out by the high court in South Africa, arguing, among other things, that several previous attempts by its rival, in other forums, to seek redress against

In this episode of TalkCentral, Duncan McLeod and Regardt van der Berg are joined by ICT industry “warhorse” Richard Fearon to chat about the week’s big technology news, including the stunning financial

German software giant SAP has reported alleged misconduct in its South African operation to US authorities responsible for enforcing the US Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and initiated disciplinary procedures against three of four

Finance minister Malusi Gigaba said on Wednesday that government will sell a “portion” of its 39.3% stake in Telkom to ensure the fiscal expenditure ceiling is not breached. “We have decided to dispose of

National treasury’s medium-term budget policy statement, published on Wednesday, has punted the idea of a spectrum auction to allocate scarce radio frequency spectrum, potentially putting finance minister

There has been no wrongdoing at EOH, the technology services company said in a statement on its website on Wednesday. It’s share price jumped by more than 4% shortly after markets opened. EOH’s share price came under

Dartcom Fibre Solutions has launched a new fibre factory near Mamelodi in Pretoria that, at peak, will produce about 12 000km of fibre-optic cabling a year. The company, which is controlled by New GX Capital, an investment group focused

In this episode of the TechCentral podcast, Duncan McLeod talks to Dartcom chairman Khudu Pitje about a new R100m fibre factory the company has built near Mamelodi outside Pretoria. The facility, which will employ as many as 100

Although Cell C will avoid getting involved in a capital expenditure war with rivals MTN and Vodacom, it will build South Africa’s best urban 4G/LTE network, Blue Label Telecoms co-CEO Brett Levy said on Tuesday. Levy, who

After the news last week of the biggest data leak in South Africa’s history, Duncan McLeod chats to IT legal expert Corien Vermaak, director of the Three6Five Academy, about the legal implications. The leak, involving the personal