Author: Duncan McLeod

The high court in Johannesburg on Monday found that communications regulator Icasa’s 2014 call termination regulations were “invalid and unlawful” but said the cuts to termination rates will take effect as planned on 1 April for a period of six months. Judge Haseena Mayat granted a final order in favour of MTN and Vodacom, but used her

Communications regulator Icasa’s 2014 call termination rates are “invalid and unlawful” but the cuts to the rates will take effect as planned on 1 April for a period of six months, high court judge Haseena Mayat ruled on Monday. Mayat said she was exercising her

Kagiso New Media and radio station Jacaranda FM, both of which are subsidiaries of Kagiso Media, have announced plans to run a proof-of-concept pilot starting this week that will investigate the feasibility of using unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) to provide

Technology services company T-Systems South Africa, a subsidiary of Deutsche Telekom’s T-Systems, has repurchased the 30% stake in the business held by black economic empowerment (BEE) company African Renaissance Holdings (ARH) and other minority

The State IT Agency (Sita), the government body meant to co-ordinate government’s IT spending, is “dysfunctional”. This is hurting both government departments and the companies that supply technology services to government. This is the view of Gijima

Despite turning in a slump in revenue in the six months ended 31 December 2013, troubled technology services company Gijima appears finally to be having at least some success in righting the ship. But it’s not quite clear of the rocks yet. Revenue from continuing operations fell by 19% to R741,3m, from R911,2m

Nearly R1,5bn — that is what was wiped off the market capitalisation of technology group Pinnacle Holdings in just two trading sessions this week after news emerged that one of its directors and biggest shareholders, Takalani Tshivhase, had been arrested on

Pinnacle Holdings CEO Arnold Fourie has taken advantage of a recent slump in the technology group’s share price, which followed the arrest of executive director Takalani Tshivhase for alleged corruption, by snapping up more than R13m worth of shares. On Friday, Pinnacle revealed to shareholders that the Arnold Fourie Family Trust

Vodacom intends tabling an offer of US$460m (about R5bn) to buy Neotel, according to a report published in the Wall Street Journal on Wednesday. The newspaper, quoting an unnamed executive at India’s Tata Communications, Neotel’s holding company, said that Vodacom, which is a subsidiary of the UK’s Vodafone, will also take on Neotel’s

Takalani Tshivhase will take a leave of absence as an executive director of Pinnacle Holdings following the news this week that he had been arrested for allegedly trying to bribe a top police official to secure a tender. “In the light of the bringing of the charge, Tshivhase has