Behind the legal storm raging over the recent awarding of a R10bn SA Social Services Agency (Sassa) contract, a far greater prize is at stake: the chance to load microloan and insurance products on to the R105bn the government pays in social grants monthly. Net1 UEPS, the New York-listed parent
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TechCentral founder editor Duncan McLeod and Finweek contributor and ZA Tech Show host Simon Dingle have jointly won the information and communications technology category of the 2012 Classic FM Business Journalist of the Year awards. The awards, which are
All the guests managed to find their way to the studio this week, despite upgrading to iOS 6. Join Ben Kelly, Dominic White, Sam Beckbessinger and Simon Dingle for a discussion on Apple’s maps debacle, mobile security, Motribe and much more
Craig Wilson, Nafisa Akabor and Andy Hadfield join Brett Haggard this week to discuss the iPhone 5, Intel’s Haswell processor, Samsung’s NX Series cameras, Microsoft Surface, the Samsung Galaxy S4, and much more
Telkom CEO Nombulelo Moholi has rejected speculation that she intends resigning next month, when Telkom chairman Lazarus Zim leaves, Business Report reported on Tuesday. “There’s nothing like that. Have you ever heard a quote from me saying that? All I can give you is I’m denying the rumour,” Moholi, who
Julius Malema’s legal team is expected to set up a dedicated website to deal with queries about the expelled ANC Youth League leader’s court case. In a press statement released on Tuesday morning, Brian Kahn Inc said that over the past few days it had received hundreds of text, emails and telephone queries from journalists
Government would begin a final round of talks on the Gauteng Freeway Improvement Project on Tuesday, the presidency said on Tuesday. The first meeting would be held with the Opposition to Urban Tolling Alliance (Outa) at the Union Buildings in Pretoria, spokesman Thabo Masebe said. “This is
SA’s largest online fashion retailer, Zando, has secured an investment from JP Morgan Asset Management. The investment will be made through Zando’s German holding company and will see the US investment firm take a stake worth more than US$10m, though the exact figure has not been disclosed. The company
This was not your typical car race. There was no revving of engines at the starting line, no screeching of tyres — just a gentle silent forward movement and they were off. We had gathered at the northern gate of the CSIR in Pretoria for the start of the Sasol Solar Challenge. For the next two weeks, 13 solar-powered
SA is waiting anxiously to hear what Eskom’s latest round of tariff hikes will be. But besides the tariff increases to pay for its current construction programme – the building of the Medupi, Kusile and Ingula power stations – the big question is how it is going to fund new generation capacity after that. The country’s