A “buried” report reveals that the South African public believes that the SABC is biased towards the ruling ANC, undermining credibility in the institution. That’s the claim made by the Democratic Alliance, which says it has unearthed a research document put together under the name Project Kindle and meant to understand
JSE-listed technology services group Business Connexion (BCX) has acquired two IT companies elsewhere on the African continent, Panabiz Nigeria and Ultimate Solutions Botswana. BCX has acquired a 100% stake in both
Dave Greenway stands in for Brett Haggard as host this week and leads Steven Ambrose and Liron Segev in a discussion on their favourite sights and sounds from Mobile World Congress held in Barcelona, Spain recently. Gadgets and other saucy technology bits discussed include Sony’s Xperia Z2 and
The Democratic Alliance is demanding that R31m in bonuses paid to Eskom “directors” be “returned” to national treasury following Thursday’s rolling blackouts, the first since 2008’s power crisis. The DA says it wants the money paid back so that it can be used to buy generators for hospitals and emergency
JSE-listed technology company Mustek has won a contract to supply R128m worth of signalling and telecommunications equipment developed by China’s Huawei to Zambia Railways. Mustek will supply the equipment to a consortium made up of Huawei International, Bombardier Transportation and Zambian
RainFin, a start-up promising to disrupt the financial services sector by allowing credit-worthy South Africans to engage in person-to-person lending, cutting out the banks in the process, has sold 49% of its equity to … a bank. The Cape Town-based company has sold the equity to Barclays Africa for an
This week’s episode is all about smartphone and tablets as Brett Haggard, Adam Oxford and Christo van Gemert gather in the studio to discuss the week’s events at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. Gadgets discussed include the Samsung Galaxy S5, the Nokia X, Sony Xperia Z2 and Xperia Tab
The government’s investment in infrastructure, including in information and communications technology, continues to play a major role in South Africa’s recovery from the recession, economic development minister Ebrahim Patel said on Tuesday. Patel and fellow ministers in the economic sectors
Communications minister Yunus Carrim has named CSIR president Sibusiso Sibisi and Research ICT Africa director Allison Gillwald as chair and deputy chair respectively of a new National Broadband Advisory Council, which has been established to advise the minister on the implementation of South Africa Connect
There’s a certain roominess in the studio this week as Brett Haggard and Benedict Kelly meet up to discuss the happenings in the South African technology sector over the past week. Topics under examination include mobile termination rates, the Samsung Galaxy S5, the Sony Xperia Z1 Compact
