Telkom on Thursday confirmed that almost 2 400 employees’ applications for voluntary severance and early retirement packages have been accepted by the telecommunications operator. Most of these employees will leave Telkom today, Friday. A total of 2 393 people
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Nearly 2 400 employees’ applications for voluntary severance packages have been accepted by telecommunications operator Telkom, a trade union said on Thursday. According to Solidarity
Independent telecommunications provider SkyWire Technologies, which traditionally has focused on the wholesale and business markets, is making its first foray into consumer broadband
Broadband roll-out programmes won’t be affected by several key staff having exited the department of telecommunications & postal services, says a spokesman. The Democratic Alliance said on Thursday that the
Telkom CEO Sipho Maseko has said smaller fibre providers are placing “relentless pressure” on the company’s wholesale and networks unit. This is according to an excerpt from Maseko’s strategic review in Telkom’s annual report for 2015, which
Telecommunications player Huge Group is considering as many as three acquisitions, with one of them potentially worth as much as US$100m (more than R1,2bn), as it seeks to play a leading role in the consolidation of the industry in South Africa. The company has
Sam Vilakazi has become the third deputy director-general at the department of telecommunications & postal services to leave this year, spokesman Siya Qoza confirmed on Thursday. Qoza said Vilakazi has resigned to take up a senior position at a state-owned
Project Isizwe, the non-profit responsible for building a free Wi-Fi network in greater Pretoria, has established its first hotspots in the Western Cape, it said on Friday. Commuters at the busy Gugulethu and Khayelitsha taxi ranks near Cape Town will
Curro Holdings has walked away from an attempt to acquire rival Advtech, Curro said on Wednesday, sending Advtech’s share price down by more than 3%. It said the offer it made to buy Advtech at R13/share no longer made sense in the face of stiff
A support group for victims of apartheid on Tuesday called on Media24 and Naspers to create a fund for victims of gross human rights violations after the media company apologised for its role in apartheid on Saturday