South Africa is set for increasing sharing between mobile networks as profitability pressures force compromise, according to the MTN South Africa CEO. Reduced profitability is pushing network
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Eight South African leaders made the Choiseul 100 Africa index, which ranks young Africans who will play a major role in the development of Africa in the near future. The Institut Choiseul identified only eight South African leaders under the age of 40, in a list that includes growing business leaders, successful entrepreneurs
SABC chief operating officer Hlaudi Motsoeneng has been given notice to attend a disciplinary hearing at the end of the month, according to an affidavit he filed. “On 12 October 2015, the SABC initiated disciplinary action against me by delivering a charge sheet and a notice to attend a disciplinary hearing
The Democratic Alliance has called on the ANC to remove Faith Muthambi as minister of communications following a heated exchange between her and the party’s communications subcommittee chairman, Jackson Mthembu. DA national spokesman Phumzile van Damme said on Wednesday
Communications minister Faith Muthambi applied her mind when she decided to appoint Hlaudi Motsoeneng as the chief operating officer of the SABC, her lawyer told the Western Cape high court on Wednesday. The court was hearing an application by the Democratic Alliance
Afrihost will next month launch what looks very much like a fully fledged mobile virtual network operator on MTN’s infrastructure, providing users with voice minutes, SMS and data on a prepaid and month-to-month contract basis. The Internet service provider’s CEO, Gian Visser, told an
Neotel is hoping to wrap up an investigation within the next two to three weeks into possible bribery that led to the suspension in July of its CEO, Sunil Joshi, and its chief financial officer, Steven Whiley. That’s the word from Neotel director in charge Kennedy Memani
Social media applications dominate the South African smartphone scene, local research has found. According to data in the new South African Social Media Landscape study by World Wide Worx and Fuseware, chat application WhatsApp is the most dominant application on smartphones
Independent fibre broadband companies’ approach of targeting homeowners’ associations to install their networks took Telkom by surprise, says an official. Fibre broadband providers are moving into suburbs such as Johannesburg to lay high-speed Internet networks that offer faster connectivity than
Micromega Group subsidiary Turrito Networks has acquired a majority stake in the well-known small and medium enterprise technology support firm Dial a Nerd for an undisclosed amount of money. The deal will position Turrito Networks as a provider of comprehensive technology