Author: Duncan McLeod

It says it will prescribe clear and concrete developmental mandates and objectives to all state-owned enterprises, which will be gauged by their ability to deliver quality services, the number of jobs they create and the speed at which they expand the

In an increasingly crowded and competitive smartphone space, market leader Samsung Electronics has taken the wraps off its latest flagship, the Galaxy S5, at an event in Barcelona, Spain. The new device, unveiled by the company’s CEO, JK Shin, features new health

The Companies and Intellectual Property Commission (CIPC) has scolded Telkom CEO Sipho Maseko, ordering him to attend a corporate governance and director duties course within 90 business days over the granting of a R6m interest-free loan to the company’s

Telkom has published an invitation for interested bidders to apply to partner the fixed-line telecommunications operator in providing video-on-demand (VOD) services to its customers. The move comes after Telkom said last year it was talking to potential VOD

New data from International Data Corp (IDC) shows demand for tablet computers in South Africa is soaring. Shipments of tablet PCs to South Africa increased by 107% year on year in the last quarter of 2013 to a total of 513 000 units, the research firm said

Nineteen billion dollars. Two hundred and ten billion rand. Nearly R500/user. That’s how much Facebook has agreed to pony up for WhatsApp, the fast-growing but still very much loss-making cross-platform mobile instant messaging platform. It’s a daring – perhaps insane – bet by Facebook’s

It’s the end of an era. Naspers has announced that its long-serving CEO, Koos Bekker, 61, is stepping down as CEO. Bekker, who will stand down from the Naspers board for a year, will be succeeded by the media and technology group’s head of e-commerce

An announcement regarding the mooted acquisition by Vodacom of Neotel could be made within the next couple of weeks, with due diligence nearing completion. That’s the word from Neotel CEO Sunil Joshi, who was speaking to TechCentral in

Telkom has weighed in on the battle raging in the telecommunications industry over mobile termination rates, the fees operators pay each other to carry calls between their networks. Group CEO Sipho Maseko says recent moves to oppose reduced rates, which will take effect on 1 April, will delay reducing the cost

South Africa’s third mobile operator, Cell C, is taking direct aim at its bigger rival, MTN, appealing to the public for support in new YouTube and radio advertisements over mobile termination rates. The new ads, which can be heard and viewed below, follow