Author: Duncan McLeod

Just weeks after the not-for-profit South African Press Association (Sapa) announced it would close its doors at the end of…

MultiChoice has hit back strongly at claims by another media group Caxton and by two public broadcasting advocacy groups that its 2013 deal with the SABC over the supply of two television

This week, telecommunications minister Siyabonga Cwele claimed there has been a “market failure” in the roll-out of broadband in South Africa. This, he said, is the reason the poor don’t have access

Organisations representing both sides of the set-top box battle over encryption are celebrating cabinet’s announcement on Thursday that government-subsidised set-top boxes for digital television will contain a control system. Celebrations, however, could be premature

It’s Mobile World Congress time again, and your hosts Duncan McLeod and Regardt van der Berg chat about some of the highlights, including the Samsung Galaxy S6 and Galaxy S6 edge as well as the HTC M9 and the HTC Vive. Also on the show this week

Reuters on Friday added to growing speculation that a sale of Cell C may be on the cards. Repeating earlier reports that Goldman Sachs has been appointed to advise parent Oger Telecom on a possible sale, the news wire quoted Oger chairman Mohammed

Johannesburg-headquartered global IT services group Dimension Data has been appointed the official technology partner of the Tour de France for the next five years. The value of the deal has not been

Telkom has named the companies it intends outsourcing various noncore operations to as part of a major restructuring programme it announced in mid-February. WNS, Barloworld Logistics and Bidvest are among the companies that will take over aspects of

Due to the rapid response of Cape Town firefighters, a blaze at the Great Westerford Building in Rondebosch, which houses data centres belonging to Teraco and Hetzner, has been contained, Teraco said on Thursday afternoon. “The fire occurred on the roof

Media group Caxton and two public broadcasting advocacy groups, SOS: Support Public Broadcasting Coalition and Media Monitoring Africa, are challenging a 2013 deal between MultiChoice and the SABC that appears to have led to the latter abandoning its support of