Author: Duncan McLeod

The SABC has hit out at MultiChoice – and its SuperSport subsidiary – for imposing conditions not acceptable to the public broadcaster for the upcoming British and Irish Lions tour.

Vodacom Group has awarded its CEO, Shameel Joosub, more than R44-million worth of share options, which will vest in three years provided they are not forfeited and performance conditions are met.

The JSE-listed technology group known to most people as Altron, but which is technically Allied Electronics Corporation, is changing its name … to Altron.

With the third wave of Covid-19 in full swing in South Africa, President Cyril Ramaphosa has moved the country to “alert level 3”, restricting alcohol sales and strictly limiting the size of public gatherings.

Mediclinic is not wasting any time taking advantage of President Cyril Ramaphosa’s decision to raise the limit on the self-generation of electricity.

Former Vodacom Group chief technology officer Andries Delport will replace Thinus Mulder as CEO of Dark Fibre Africa, Remgro-controlled DFA parent CIVH said on Monday.

Icasa said late on Friday that it is nearing a “settlement breakthrough” with telecommunications operators that will allow a planned spectrum auction to proceed.

Avvatta, the brainchild of the former CEO of Cell C’s now-defunct entertainment platform, Black, has been launched, promising more competition in the already-crowded streaming video market in South Africa.

President Cyril Ramaphosa on Thursday moved to deal with the electricity supply crisis harming the South African economy by lifting the limit on self-generation of power to 100MW.

The pan-African pay-television operator, which owns DStv and SuperSport, has lifted its subscriber base by 1.4 million in the past year to reach 20.9 million households.