Duncan McLeod is editor of TechCentral.
The May 2014 commercial launch of the .africa top-level domain is now a certainty after the final outstanding paperwork was signed at the 49th meeting of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names & Numbers (Icann) in Singapore this week, the ZA Central Registry
Investors have turned on Pinnacle Holdings, dumping the technology group’s shares for a second day in a row. In late morning trading on Wednesday, the company’s shares were off by more than 20%, extending a rout that began on Tuesday when the share
Ministers of communications in the Southern Africa Development Community this week discussed a plan to introduce a “roam like a local” project for the region, allowing mobile users to roam across borders and pay lower rates. “The meeting
Investors in Pinnacle Holdings took a dim view of news on Tuesday that Takalani Tshivhase, who is an executive director at the JSE-listed technology company, had been arrested and charged for corruption after he allegedly tried to bribe a top police official
Takalani Tshivhase, the Pinnacle Holdings director who has been charged with corruption for allegedly attempting to bribe a senior police official to secure a technology contract, has denied the allegations against him. In a statement issued on the JSE’s Sens news service
President Jacob Zuma has signed a proclamation ordering the Special Investing Unit to investigate the perennially troubled Universal Service & Access Agency of South Africa (Usaasa), his office said on Tuesday evening. Zuma wants a probe of allegations “in respect of affairs” of the agency, which collects revenue from licensed telecoms
Naspers-owned comparison shopping site PriceCheck has inked a deal with MTN that will see the release of a co-branded version of the site’s mobile application in South Africa. The two companies claim the deal is the country’s first between a mobile operator and an e-commerce company. The co-branded app will feature
On the eve of an historic court battle between Icasa and mobile operators MTN and Vodacom, the communications regulator has revealed in papers filed at the high court in Johannesburg that it intends reconsidering its proposed cuts to call termination rates. In an answering affidavit submitted to the high court, Icasa says it has
The humble video store isn’t dead, provided it adapts to the times by taking advantage of modern technology, says Barry Hilton. The South African comedian has an idea he thinks can save the DVD rental industry. And he’s not joking. Hilton, known for his comedic sketches that poke fun at South African society, says video stores have
Gijima executive chairman Robert Gumede wanted to buy Independent News & Media South Africa but withdrew for what he has termed “sound commercial reasons”, he has revealed through his lawyers. Gumede, who has threatened to sue the newspaper publishing company over an article that appeared a fortnight ago in its flagship Sunday
