Companies should develop policies to deal with the use of social media in the workplace, a law firm said on Thursday. “In order to strike the appropriate balance between the conflicting rights of an employer and its employees, human resource practitioners should collaborate with
South African vehicle manufacturers will receive incentives for producing more electric cars, it was announced on Thursday. “South Africa must not be left behind in greening initiatives and technology,” trade & industry minister Rob Davies told reporters in Johannesburg. He was
The Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (Icasa) is owed more than R500m by companies and government departments related to their use of spectrum and other electronic communication issues, the Democratic Alliance said on Tuesday. According
Brett Haggard, Steven Ambrose, Andy Hadfield and a bottle of DMZ Chardonnay get together this week to discuss, at length Microsoft’s TechEd conference in Durban, the Galaxy S4, the Kobo store, the content ecosystem, 7-inch Android tablets, and much more
Simon Dingle hosts this episode of the ZA Tech Show, with the panel discussing Bitcoin, South African banking apps, Google Glass updates, Facebook Home, Sentech’s return of radio frequency spectrum and much more besides
Soccer boss Jomo Sono is at the centre of an alleged blackmail campaign against communications minister Dina Pule, City Press reported on Sunday. The newspaper alleged Sono’s company, Jomo Sono Investments, was one of 36 companies in the running for a R2,5bn tender to be awarded by Pule’s department
Policy direction remains a stumbling block for telecommunications giants such as MTN and Vodacom in the race to fourth-generation (4G) long-term evolution (LTE) technology. Wireless Business Solutions has a notable head start
Both Eskom CEO Brian Dames and public enterprises minister Malusi Gigaba may have shied away from saying that load shedding is on its way, but analysts and people working in the industry believe it is a very real possibility, given that our electricity system is running with almost no reserves
Two planets as friendly to life as the Earth have been found. Now, Harvard astronomers have confirmed the existence of life out there is just a matter of time, using an ingenious trick with starlight. In an announcement mostly
Suspended SABC head of news Phil Molefe was paid full benefits amounting to R2,2m while at home last year, it was reported on Thursday. SABC chief financial officer Gugu Duda was paid R1,5m, The Star reported. In written parliamentary reply, communications minister Dina Pule
