The cost of electronic readers and bandwidth constraints in South Africa are keeping a lid of the sale of e-books, resulting in penetration being lower here than in many other markets in Europe, the Middle East and Africa. This is a key finding in PwC’s recent report, South African
The ANC has launched a mobile application on Mxit to target the youth vote across South Africa ahead of the general election, which will take place in the first half of 2014. The “My ANC” app comes on the back of the “My ANC Western Cape” Mxit app, which the party claims has
The podcast team is back with the first episode for 2014. The Consumer Electronics Show features heavily in this episode, with a full reportback on what’s new and hot in the market. Other topics discussed in this episode include
Business Connexion has overtaken long-time incumbent Dimension Data to become the top IT company in South Africa as measured by its share of the market’s value, according to new research by International Data Corp. BCX’s performance is due to strong annuity-based
President Jacob Zuma has scored another “F” on the 2013 cabinet report card released by the Democratic Alliance and the Independent Democrats on Wednesday. The opposition party releases its score card for cabinet members annually
JSE-listed Altron, fresh from buying out minority shareholders in subsidiary Altech and delisting it from the stock exchange, has radically overhauled its corporate identity. The move comes after Altron, which was founded in 1965 by telecommunications engineer
Although the matric exams are an important institution in South Africa, they should not be used as the primary indicator of school-system performance. When speaking about the state of education in South Africa it is both conventional and convenient to talk about the matric pass
A war of words between roads agency Sanral and Justice Project South Africa (JPSA) continued on Tuesday in the ongoing spat about the payment of e-tolls on Gauteng’s highways. JPSA denied a Sanral claim that it had told motorists they could break the law without any consequences
JSE-listed telecommunications group MTN is selling its cellular base stations in Rwanda and Zambia to IHS. The group has a total of 1 228 network towers in the two countries – 532 in Rwanda and 704 in Zambia. The value of the transactions has not been disclosed
The value of copper theft increased to a level of R9,5m in November, the South African Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Sacci) said on Friday. According to the Sacci Copper Theft Barometer, copper theft stood at R9,2m in October 2013. Sacci said the November increase was the first since August
