Telkom’s group chief of regulatory and corporate affairs, Ouma Rasethaba, will take the reins as chief risk officer with immediate effect, the telecommunications operator said in a statement on Tuesday. The appointment of Rasethaba, who has been with Telkom since 2006, will complete an executive committee structure, will
Brett Haggard and Dave Greenway are back in the studio this week, hosting StrategyWorx’s Steven Ambrose in a discussion all about first tweets, the mobile termination rates court case, the launch of the HTC One M8, the iPad 4 replacing the iPad 2 as the entry-level tablet from Apple, Google’s partnership on Glass with
An executive director of JSE-listed technology company Pinnacle Holdings has been arrested for allegedly attempting to bribe a top manager of the South African Police Service, it has emerged. Takalani Tshivhase appeared in the Pretoria specialised commercial crimes court on a charge of corruption, according to a police spokesman
It’s all about “sidetracking” and “ratholes” on this week’s episode as Brett Haggard and Dave Greenway chat to Boozehound and all-round Internet guy Andy Hadfield about goings-on in the technology world. Topics discussed include: The Cell C and MTN mudslinging match, Safact’s copyright blunder, proof of the Big Bang theory
Project Isizwe, the nonprofit founded by former Mxit CEO Alan Knott-Craig, has announced plans to expand its free Wi-Fi coverage to open public spaces in key hubs in the Western Cape. The news comes after the completion is a first phase of a free Wi-Fi roll-out in selected areas around Pretoria
Microsoft will launch its much anticipated next-generation videogame and entertainment console, the Xbox One, in South Africa in September, distributor Westcon-Comztek has announced. The launch comes almost a year after Sony introduced its next-generation
MTN Mobile Money users, who are also Ecobank customers, will soon be able to withdraw cash from Ecobank ATMs in 12 African countries, the two companies said on Monday. They will also be able to transfer money between their Mobile Money and Ecobank accounts
South Africa’s migration from analogue to digital terrestrial television looks set for yet more delays if an open letter, signed by MultiChoice, and published in weekend newspapers, is anything to go by. The letter, in the form of full-page advertisements, lays into communications minister Yunus Carrim, saying his
Microsoft has stepped up its fight against software piracy in South Africa, working with the Hawks to execute raids in recent weeks on the premises of various resellers suspected of selling counterfeit and unlicensed products. In the most recent enforcement actions, about 100 counterfeit disks containing Microsoft
Brett Haggard returns to the studio this week and leads Benedict Kelly and Deon Du Plessis in a discussion on: Apple’s in-car entertainment concept, EA’s decision not to launch Titanfall in South Africa, the new Lego game and movie and the Lego Pistorius Instagram account
