Author: Duncan McLeod

Telkom’s annual general meeting got off to a bang on Friday after controversial former chairman Jeff Molobela withdrew his bid to be re-elected as the director, accusing the company’s board of violating due process. The move comes after Telkom’s board took the unusual step of

Antenna and telecommunications specialist Poynting is considering a listing in the US, probably on the technology-heavy Nasdaq, within the next two years, its CEO, Andre Fourie, said on Thursday. This comes as the Johannesburg-listed company gears up to grow its revenue to R1bn

Last November, when we reviewed Nokia’s then-flagship Windows Phone device, the Lumia 920, we described it as a flawed masterpiece: a great piece of hardware let down by a few key design mistakes. Our main issue with the 920 was its heft. It was too thick and, at 185g

Financially troubled technology services company Gijima expects losses per share to widen sharply in its full year to 30 June compared to the year-ago period. It warned shareholders on Monday that it expects loss per share to increase to between 20,52c and 19,46c, from a loss a year ago of 5,28c. The

Naspers is within a whisker of smashing through R1 000/share for the first time and reaching a market capitalisation of R400bn thanks to an 80%-plus surge in its share price in the past 12 months. The growth in its value in recent years has been nothing short of

The SABC has torn strips off new free-to-air satellite television platform Platco Digital, which plans to launch OpenView HD in mid-October, denying that it plans to carry its three television channels on the new platform. In a harshly worded statement, the SABC says

Times Media Group has continued offloading assets it deems noncore, reaching an agreement to sell Exclusive Books and Van Schaik Bookstores to a consortium led by Medu Capital for a deal worth R435m. Both companies were identified

Firm details have emerged about South Africa’s newest television offering, the free-to-air satellite platform OpenView HD, which is operated by Platco Digital, a sister company to e.tv. Platco on Wednesday released the names of the 16 channels that will be offered on its

Platco Digital, the company behind South Africa’s new free-to-air satellite television service, OpenView HD, has unveiled the selection of channels that it plans to broadcast from launch on 15 October. The company, which is owned by Hosken Consolidated Investments

JSE-listed technology company Jasco has reported a 98,1% slump in headline earnings per share for the year ended 30 June as the result of what it calls “corrective action” that led to “decisive action in underperforming areas of the business”. It has warned that