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.
Vodacom is in talks with Neotel and its shareholders about a “revised transaction structure”, the mobile group said in a statement to shareholders on Monday. But it has not explained what prompted it to re-look at the R7bn deal. The decision has forced
Reunert has delivered a robust earnings performance for the year ended 30 September 2015, despite a weak macroeconomic environment. Headline earnings per share (EPS) climbed by 16%, well ahead of revenue growth of 7%, it said on Monday. Headline EPS from continuing operations
As Telkom walked away from buying Cell C this week, the mobile operator’s parent, the Dubai-headquartered Oger Telecom, has said a sale is not the only option under consideration. Although
Microsoft Windows is 30 years old. On 20 November 1985, Microsoft released the first-ever version of Windows, which was little more than a graphical presentation manager sitting on top of the command-line-driven MS-DOS
We shake up the format a little in TalkCentral this week, introducing a quiz to the show and making some other changes. But the focus is still what’s happening in the world of technology, and your hosts Duncan McLeod and Regardt van der Berg talk about the 30th anniversary of Windows
Naspers expects headline earnings per share for the six months ended 30 September 2015 to have leapt by between 25% and 30% compared the same interim period a year ago, the media and technology group said on Friday
Telkom has abandoned a plan to acquire Cell C. The telecommunications operator told shareholders on Thursday afternoon that it had walked away from a deal to acquire South Africa’s third mobile licensee
The Post Office is getting a veteran of corporate South Africa to lead it. Telecommunications & postal services minister Siyabonga Cwele said on Thursday that cabinet had decided to appoint Mark
Vodacom’s troubled relationship with the controlling shareholder of its minority partner in the Democratic Republic of Congo is once again emerging as a thorn in the telecommunications
The SABC on Wednesday announced the suspension of its group CEO, Frans Matlala, four months after he was appointed. Spokesman for the public broadcaster Kaizer Kganyago said Matlala
