The Communication Workers Union and the South African Postal Workers Union said on Monday they had declared a wage dispute with the post office. “The company is claiming to have suffered losses of R178m, hence it could not meet the salary demands of 10% and other
Sandile Ngcobo, the CSIR scientist responsible for developing the world’s first digital laser, gave what is probably the shortest speech in the history of press briefings at the announcement of the breakthrough this week. He stood up in the small, swelteringly hot room at the National Laser Centre, thanked
South African National Parks (SANParks) has enlisted the help of technology research agency the CSIR to fight rhino and perlemoen poachers, it was announced on Sunday. The Kruger National Park would be the initial focus of their five-year strategic technology partnership, CSIR
In terms of a consent agreement with South Africa’s competition authorities, Telkom on Thursday unveiled further tariff reductions for certain wholesale products, including a sharp reduction in international bandwidth prices. Effective from 17 October, Telkom Wholesale will reduce the tariff for
Following the successful conclusion of Dimension Data’s acquisition of AccessKenya Group for R328m, the Johannesburg-headquartered company has announced that it has appointed its Middle East and Africa CEO, Derek Wilcocks, to the Kenyan company’s board
Following Apple’s big iPhone 5s and 5c announcement, it’s been a quieter news week. So, Brett Haggard and David Greenway are joined by Telkom Mobile’s manager of device testing and certification, Shaun Behnken, to speak about the process he goes through in testing the wide a variety of devices he
Brett Haggard is joined by Steven Ambrose and Adam Oxford for an in-depth discussion that focuses on three things: Apple’s launch of the iPhone 5s and 5c, Intel’s big announcements from the Intel Developer Forum and Samsung’s new Galaxy Gear smart watch
Liquid Telecom has opened what it’s calling the largest data centre in East Africa, in Kenya’s capital city of Nairobi. The data centre currently occupies four floors, with 500sqm of usable whitespace and 160 racks per floor. The facility has been built by a new Liquid Telecom
Microsoft South Africa is looking for more small, black-owned software development companies to join its equity equivalence-based enterprise development programme. The company first launched the initiative in 2011 and has since signed deals with five local companies
Electronic tolling in Gauteng will still be implemented this year, but the commencement date has yet to be determined, according to transport minister Dipuo Peters. In written reply to a parliamentary question, she said the transport department was awaiting the promulgation of the Transport Laws
