As many as 2 000 MTN workers are set to strike from Wednesday to demand higher bonuses. The Communication Workers Union reportedly said in a statement on Friday that the employees would down tools on 20 May
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First National Bank was offline on Monday morning, frustrating consumers who took to social media networks, including Twitter, to vent their frustration. An FNB spokesman has confirmed the downtime and has said the bank will issue a holding
Vodacom has reported a 4% decline in full-year headline earnings per share as the mobile group faced big cuts in wholesale inter-network call rates, exchange range volatility and increased retail price competition in its key markets. Net profit declined
New regulations are to be introduced at the beginning of July for the use of drones, the South African Civil Aviation Authority announced on Sunday. “I have the pleasure of announcing that South Africa
Telecommunications & postal services minister Siyabonga Cwele said on Friday that government’s new National ICT Forum is “not a talk shop”, deflecting criticism earlier this week by the Democratic Alliance that the event, launched on Johannesburg’s
Fewer than one in 10 matriculants scored more than 60% for maths or science in last year’s final exams, the National Advisory Council on Innovation (Naci) said on Friday. Azar Jammine, Naci’s project leader for monitoring, evaluation and
This year marks the 30th anniversary of the release of the first Back to the Future movie and one can’t help but feel a bit like Marty McFly when speaking to an animated Michael Ettershank, the “Doc” at Robotscience, a training facility at the University
A project by retailer Ackermans to save electricity and reduce costs landed it a hot prize at the African Utility Week in Cape Town on Wednesday. The retailer was awarded the energy and water efficiency project of the year for its
It’s a case of second time lucky for Telkom and Business Connexion (BCX). The Competition Commission announced on Thursday that it has recommended to the Competition Tribunal that the
Minister of public enterprises Lynne Brown ruled out the privatisation of basic services — such as the provision of electricity and water — and said load shedding will continue for three more years. Until the “end state” of Eskom is clarified