Most company directors, CEOs and chief financial officers in JSE-listed companies are white males, according to a South African Institute of Chartered Accountants (Saica) survey released on Wednesday. “Seventy-five percent of directorships are still held by whites
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Telkom will not withdraw notices of termination involving 105 staff members, despite a demand from the Communication Workers Union (CWU) that it do so. The termination letters were issued legitimately issued in line with the agreed upon
Communications minister Faith Muthambi has ordered that four councillors at communications regulator Icasa whose terms are ending leave the institution and not stay on for a 45-day handover period, despite the fact that
Five months after President Jacob Zuma announced he would split the department of communications in two — creating a new communications department and a telecoms and postal services department — there’s still no resolution
Vodacom, keen to get more South Africans onto its mobile broadband network, has launched a 7-inch 3G tablet that costs less than R1 000. The launch of the Smart Tab 3G comes just two months after the mobile operator launched the successful Smart Kicka, an entry-level smartphone that
SABC chair Zandile Tshabalala received a tongue-lashing from MPs on Tuesday for trying to “delay” an inquiry into whether she lied about her qualifications. Tensions rose when Tshabalala’s advocate, Norman Arendse, asked parliament’s
The local newspaper market showed growth of more than 6% last year, buoyed by big stories like Nelson Mandela’s death and Oscar Pistorius’s murder trial. This is according to PricewaterhouseCoopers’ “Entertainment and
Motorists should continue paying their e-toll bills while the system is being reviewed, the ANC in Gauteng said on Tuesday. “There’s a law approved by government so they should continue to pay as we try to find a solution
An unnamed company has made a firm offer to acquire Wireless Business Solutions (WBS), the parent company of iBurst and Broadlink. WBS nonexecutive director David Hilewitz on Monday confirmed that an offer has been tabled, but declined to name the acquiring party, saying
Apple’s new iPhones, the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus, will go on sale in South Africa on 24 October, the company said on Monday. The Californian technology giant announced that the two new phones would be launched in 36 additional countries in the coming weeks. They include nations in Europe, Asia, the Middle