Author: Duncan McLeod

Japan’s Mitsubishi Electric Corp has announced plans to invest in South Africa with the establishment of an office in Johannesburg that will service the local market and the rest of the continent. Starting operations from June, the

Vehicle makers Nissan and BMW have reached an agreement to expand electric vehicle charging infrastructure across South Africa. The memorandum of understanding between the two companies

News this week that government appears finally to be making progress in publishing a policy for the allocation of radio frequency spectrum for broadband deployment is to be welcomed, even though it’s disgraceful that it’s many years late

Mark Shuttleworth is giving serious thought about a possible initial public offering or listing of Canonical, the company behind his Ubuntu Linux operating system for PCs and smartphones. This is

MTN South Africa has shut down its e-billing portal until security concerns have been addressed, the mobile operator said on Friday. “This has been implemented with immediate effect and customers will receive their bills via e-mail

South Africa’s big three mobile operators have taken a “short-term view to satisfy their shareholders” by increasing the price of their post-paid packages, a decision that could come back to haunt them in the longer term. That’s one of the conclusions

Lack of proper security in MTN’s e-billing platform means anyone can randomly access the confidential details of the operator’s customers, including their itemised billing information. The

Automattic, the company behind WordPress.com, has acquired South African-founded WordPress theme development and e-commerce enablement businesses WooThemes and WooCommerce. The deal is all about WooCommerce – a popular plug-on for

Craig Venter, the 52-year-old son of Altron founder Bill Venter, has quit the group after 27 years of service. The move was not entirely unexpected after Altron last week announced it would

There was palpable anger on the streets outside MTN’s headquarters in Fairland, Johannesburg on Wednesday as hundreds of workers – mainly from the group’s call centre operations – went on strike