The South African Financial Exchange has joined a growing list of new exchanges angling to destabilise the JSE’s monopoly over South Africa’s equities market. Its founder, Francois Venter, is a chartered
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Durban-headquartered technology services group Adapt IT has reported a 42% improvement in headline earnings per share to 23,96c in the six months ended 31 December 2015. The strong growth in Heps comes on top of a 19% improvement in turnover to R310m and a 50%
It’s finally happened. South Africa this week launched digital terrestrial television, ushering in a new chapter in the country’s broadcasting history, but one that has arrived many years later than
A United Nations panel has found that Sweden and the UK have arbitrarily detained WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange contrary to their obligations under human rights treaties. The panel called on the two governments to ensure Assange’s rights are respected and to compensate him
Maxwell Nonge, MD of free-to-air satellite provider OpenView HD, has been named as chief technology officer of e.tv parent eMedia Investments, while Patrick Conroy, the MD of eNCA, will take over from Nonge at OpenView HD. At the same time, veteran journalist
An exhibition on mankind’s voyage into space, developed in collaboration with Nasa, is coming to South Africa this winter. After wowing crowds in Europe, Gateway to Space: The Exhibition will be hosted at the Sandton Convention Centre from 1 June to 31 July. Gateway
A copyright body claims MTN owes songwriters just under R1m in unpaid royalties for music sold by the mobile network. MTN sells music via the likes of its caller tone service “CallerTunez”. The mobile network also secures music from third-party aggregators, which include Content Connect Africa
Mozilla is pulling the plug on its Firefox OS, at least as far as smartphones are concerned. The company announced on Thursday that it would stop providing support for smartphones after the next release of the software in May. Firefox OS was an attempt
The Democratic Alliance would do away with the separate departments of telecommunications & postal services and communications and fold them into a new economic infrastructure ministry if the party were to come to national power. DA leader Mmusi Maimane on
Huge Group will begin trading alongside major telecommunications operators MTN and Vodacom after the JSE approved its move from the Alternative Exchange to the bourse’s main board.