The long-awaited review of state-owned entities, released on Tuesday, raises the possibility of collapsing non-viable parastatals but skirts the vexed issue of privatisation. The report provides government with a range of options, including absorbing ailing state-owned enterprises (SOEs) into line-function departments, turning them into
South Africa’s real gross domestic product (GDP) increased by 0,9% in the first quarter of 2013, Statistics South Africa said on Tuesday. The increase in GDP was lower than the 2,1% achieved in the fourth quarter of 2012. However, when compared to the first quarter of 2012, the GDP increased by 1,9%
The Press Council of South Africa has told the department of communications that it can’t investigate a complaint of unethical conduct by Sunday Times reporters, a spokesman said on Monday. The council had said it had “no powers” to investigate, department spokesman Wisani Ngobeni said
Hundreds of cars are being repossessed by agents employed by banks who drive around in unmarked cars with number plate recognition cameras mounted on top, it was reported on Monday. According to The Star, banks and owners of the technology claimed they were acting within the law
It’s all-out geekery this week, as Brett Haggard and Ben Kelly Skype in Aki Anastasiou to discuss Google’s I/O conference in San Francisco, the Tumblr acquisition, the Flickr revamp, Microsoft’s new Xbox, Neotel rumours, the new Jolla smartphone, and much more
This week, regulars Brett Haggard and Steven Ambrose are joined by Tbreak.com’s Abbas Jaffar Ali in Orlando, Florida. The team discusses the goings-on at the BlackBerry Live conference, the launch of the BlackBerry Q5, Nokia’s new Lumia devices, and more
Dave Greenaway and Steven Ambrose join Brett Haggard on this week’s show for a deep dive into Windows 8.1, Windows 8 sales, Office 365, Adobe’s cloud ambitions, Intel’s Silvermont announcement, Ushahidi’s BRCK, and much more
Brett Haggard is joined in the studio by Adam Oxford and over Skype by Dave Greenway for a discussion about Google Now for iOS, the new-looking iOS 7, Kenya’s president promising free laptops, HTC in trouble with the One, impressions of the Samsung Galaxy S4 and
The implementation of e-tolls on Gauteng highways is imminent, the transport department and the national roads agency said on Sunday. “There are a few steps left in this process, but the implementation of the e-toll system is well on its way
Vodacom has announced a new product called International Calling Plus that allows customers to call 118 countries from rates starting at 89c/minute, billed on a per second basis. The operator says this amounts to a saving of up to 88% on some international calls. The product will be available from Sunday
