From applications to help people learn new languages to online training portals for bankers to learn new office processes, “gamification” is in fashion. Some critics ask whether it’s as effective a model for learning as its pundits claim, but one South African company believes the results speak for themselves
Communications minister Yunus Carrim plans to hold a high-level meeting between broadcasters in mid-September, to be mediated by an independent third party, in an effort to resolve a simmering dispute over whether government-subsidised set-top boxes for digital terrestrial
Telkom’s bosses received huge pay hikes in 2013, despite deepening financial woes at the telecommunications group. Former group CEO Nombulelo Moholi, who left Telkom in March, took home slightly less money than she did in the prior year – a total of R11,6m, from R12,1m before – but this
The day before disgraced former communications minister Dina Pule was reprimanded and apologised to parliament, the men who brought her to book were taken to task by their ANC counterparts for the way in which they handled the matter. Angry ANC MPs sympathetic to
Former communications minister Dina Pule has been reprimanded in parliament as part of the punitive measures enacted against her after parliament’s joint committee on ethics and members’ interests found her guilty of abusing her position to benefit her boyfriend, Phosane Mngqibisa, and misleading the
It is not clear why the legal battle between Nkosana Makate, the man who claims he invented the “Please call me” service, and telecoms giant Vodacom has so captured the imagination of the South African public. Perhaps it is because of the classic David and Goliath proportions of the saga, or perhaps it is a
MTN’s fourth-generation long-term evolution (4G/LTE) mobile broadband offering has come out on top in a series of tests run by TechCentral in Johannesburg on Monday. It’s the second time that MTN has emerged with the fastest 4G network in TechCentral’s testing
Ben Turok, the chairman of parliament’s ethics committee who is under protection by bodyguards following an alleged assassination plot, has said that three witnesses linked to an investigation into sacked communications minister Dina Pule were also the target of intimidation
Former communications minister Dina Pule is guilty of most of the charges levelled against her at parliament’s ethics committee and was also found to have lied to the committee during its investigations. The committee has now recommended that parliament refer the
Is the department of communications trying to delay the unbundling of Telkom’s local loop? Industry insiders believe its proposal that the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (Icasa) first conduct a regulatory impact assessment, or RIA, suggests just that. The purpose
