MTN South Africa has a new CEO. Chief financial officer Zunaid Bulbulia will take the reins at the telecommunications operator from Karel Pienaar, who has been named as chief strategy officer at the MTN group. Pienaar’s appointment will see MTN’s mergers and acquisitions and strategy functions being separated, with Khumo Shuenyane
Worldwide PC shipments will fall by 7,8% in 2013, according to revised research by International Data Corp (IDC). The company had previously forecast a “limited decline” of 1,3% this year, followed by a gradual increase in volume. The new forecast reflects a shift in PC buying
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
