Democratic Alliance MP and spokesman on communications Gavin Davis has described the appointment of Hlaudi Motsoeneng as permanent chief operating officer of the SABC as a “dark day for democracy”. Communications minister Faith Muthambi reportedly announced on Tuesday night that the controversial
Democratic Alliance MPs walked out of a briefing by the department of communications on its budget and strategic plan on Tuesday, saying they were not given enough time to prepare for the meeting. Four DA MPs, from the portfolio committees on communications and telecommunications and postal
Google has announced some of the most significant changes to Android yet. At its annual developer conference, I/O, which is taking place in San Francisco this week, it has revealed an overhaul to the design of its mobile system and a bunch of new features that take it much
MTN has named its former South African chief marketing officer, Brian Gouldie, as the new CEO of its operation in Uganda. Ugandan CEO Mazen Mroue has been named as the new chief operating officer of MTN Irancell, MTN’s affiliate in Iran. Ferdi Moolman, meanwhile, has named the current chief operations
First National Bank has overhauled its smartphone banking app, introducing a new look and feel to the software and adding several new features. The new-look FNB Banking App is already available for download on all major platforms, including Apple, Android and Windows Mobile. An updated
In this week’s episode of the ZA Tech Show podcast, Brett Haggard is joined by Steven Ambrose and Liron Segev for a chat about the new Amazon smartphone, Microsoft’s television white-spaces project, Facebook’s downtime, YouTube’s subscription fees for music videos, BlackBerry 10
Training company Ketler Presentations has agreed to cough up R65 000 in full and final settlement costs incurred by the Internet Service Providers’ Association (Ispa) following a failed action brought against the industry body at the high court in 2012. In June last year, the high court in Johannesburg
A cyber criminal syndicate has used key-logging software to steal millions of rand from the Road Traffic Management Corporation’s (RTMC’s) bank account, Times Live reported on Thursday. The syndicate, reportedly made up of a husband and wife pair and at least three other people, allegedly splurged
Business Connexion (BCX) will hold a memorial service for its late CEO, Benjamin Mophatlane, in Pretoria on Thursday and the company has invited anyone who would like to pay their last respects to attend the service. Mophatlane passed away last week, 11 June, in Johannesburg after suffering a heart
It’s a good news week in the future and Brett Haggard, Adam Oxford and Benedict Kelly get together to discuss, among 0ther things, free Wi-Fi in taxis, South African students getting tablets, a cheap 3D printer, Uber and the UK taxi debacle, Net1’s single-use credit cards, SwiftKey going free, the new
