Author: Duncan McLeod

Ellies has unpacked in detail how shifting customer behaviour hurt its 2022 financial results and why it’s gearing up to pivot the business in a new direction.

Major companies, including Discovery and Fidelity ADT, have banded together to save the Sigfox internet of things network in South Africa.

Telkom has gone to court to have President Cyril Ramaphosa’s decision to order a probe into alleged malfeasance at the company declared unconstitutional and invalid.

Online sales nearly doubled in the retailer’s most reporting period compared to the same period last year as shoppers warm to buying their groceries on the Internet.

Telkom paid its former group CEO, Sipho Maseko, R20-million in retention bonuses in the past two years plus a R32-million restraint to prevent him being poached by competitors.

South Africans are increasingly choosing streaming over satellite TV, Ellies Holdings said on Friday, blaming this in large part for the group swinging to a full-year loss.

Vodacom Group reported a 5.2% year-on-year improvement in quarterly revenue on the back of a “resilient” performance in its home market.

A passion among friends for betting on sports events has led to the creation of a new South African start-up that’s wagering that the future of betting lies in peer-to-peer technology.

Keabetswe Modimoeng, who stepped down last week from Icasa, said councillors should be appointed for a period of seven years, not the current four.

MTN Group has entered into discussions to acquire Telkom. The talks are at an early stage, the parties said, and might not result in a deal.