This week Brett Haggard hosts Samantha Perry and Tristan Hall for a chatty episode of the ZA Tech Show. Among other things, they talk about the Google-sponsored television white-spaces trial, Vodacom’s new call rates, the PlayStation 4, Microsoft Outlook on Windows RT, and lots more
A court ruling confirming the validity of a tender given to Net1 UEPS Technologies subsidiary Cash Paymaster Services (CPS) for issuing social grants was welcomed by the social development ministry on Thursday. “It has been a long journey through which several
By May this year, Eskom will have paid businesses at least R2,9bn to cut back on power usage in a bid to prevent blackouts. Had the National Energy Regulator of South Africa (Nersa) not rejected its request for provision to be made for an R8bn, five-year buy-back project, the amount, over a seven-year period, would
The joint committee on ethics and members’ interests has appointed a panel to look into the conduct of communications minister Dina Pule. According to committee co-chair Lemias Mashile, the committee took a decision on 20 February that, in terms of paragraph 3.1 of the procedure for the investigation
Samsung’s Ativ Smart PC is positioned as an option for those who want the functionality of a laptop and a tablet in a single device. Powered by Windows 8, this is a tablet computer that comes with a keyboard dock bundled. Despite being punted as all-in-one devices, most laptop-tablet
The crippling effect of an illegal strike by postal workers is easing, the Post Office said on Tuesday, adding that it expects to clear the remainder of the backlog in undelivered mail “within a few working days”. The Post Office says the strike at its two main mail-sorting centres
Brett Haggard, Steven Ambrose and Liron Segev get together in ZA Tech Show’s Johannesburg studio to discuss Telkom Mobile and 8ta, the launch of the Samsung Galaxy S4, the latest news in the gaming industry, Dropbox’s acquisition of Mailbox.app, Windows Phone 8
Brett Haggard, Charlie Fripp and Steven Ambrose gather in a Cape Town hotel room prior to Samsung Africa Forum 2013 for a debate on the mobile industry and a round-up of some of the week’s top news stories. Topics discussed include the Samsung Galaxy S4
Two deputy commissioners have been appointed to serve six month terms on the Competition Commission, the economic development department said on Monday. “The two new deputy commissioners are advocate Oliver Josie and Ms Trudi Makhaya,” it said in a statement. Both of them
Communications minister Dina Pule has slammed allegations of nepotism against her and her boyfriend as a smear campaign. According to Pule’s spokesman, Siza Qoza, Pule believed she was the victim of a “politically motivated smear campaign [that] is characterised by people throwing mud at her in the hope that
