Telkom and Old Mutual have reached a deal in terms of which the telecommunications operator will provide funeral cover to its customers. The first product will offer Telkom’s prepaid customers with “loyalty funeral cover”, underwritten by Old Mutual, valued at
The Competition Commission has appointed Nompucuko Nontombana as divisional manager of enforcement and exemptions. She takes over from Junior Khumalo, who has resigned and taken up a role at communications regulator Icasa. Nontombana has
Samsung is the dominant cellphone brand in the minds of urban consumers, according to new research by BMI-TechKnowledge. When asked what handset they would choose in the future, nearly a third of 1 500 survey respondents interviewed in metropolitan areas selected Samsung
The Western Cape is the fastest growing province in South Africa for small and medium enterprises, while Gauteng has the most SMEs, new research shows. Results from the 2015 National Small
The Democratic Alliance has asked the high court to make cost awards against SABC chief operating officer Hlaudi Motsoeneng personally for what the party has described as his “vexatious litigation”. Motsoeneng has filed for leave to appeal to the constitutional court. This is after a supreme court
The Democratic Alliance has called on the ANC to remove Faith Muthambi as minister of communications following a heated exchange between her and the party’s communications subcommittee chairman, Jackson Mthembu. DA national spokesman Phumzile van Damme said on Wednesday
Afrihost will next month launch what looks very much like a fully fledged mobile virtual network operator on MTN’s infrastructure, providing users with voice minutes, SMS and data on a prepaid and month-to-month contract basis. The Internet service provider’s CEO, Gian Visser, told an
Apple’s smartwatch, simply called Apple Watch, will be launched in South Africa on Friday, 23 October, distributor Core Group announced on Friday. Core Group said the watch will be available from the iStore outlets nationwide on that date
The sharp fall in the value of the rand in recent months has had a severe impact on the price of imported electronics, and iPhone fans can expect to have to dig deeply into their pockets to get Apple’s latest smartphone. Core Group on Friday revealed that the
Two of the biggest players in enterprise technology, Dell and EMC, are reportedly in talks. According to the Wall Street Journal, the privately held Dell is in advanced discussions to buy EMC in a deal that would be mostly made up of cash
