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Vodacom has lost one of its top executives. Bloomberg is reporting that Romeo Kumalo, the chief operating officer of the mobile operator’s international operators has resigned, apparently to join his family business. Kumalo has been with Vodacom since 2004
Falling lower down the World Economic Forum (WEF) global information and communications technology (ICT) rankings is becoming an annual occurrence for South Africa. The WEF this week released
Judgment is expected next Thursday in a dispute between Telkom and Daimler Fleet Management over a contract for the management of Telkom’s full fleet of 6 000 vehicles used by the telecommunications
Eskom has announced that it will move load shedding from stage two (2GW shed from the grid) to a partial stage three (4GW shed off the grid) at 4pm due to the vulnerable system of the grid. Eskom made
Cape Town will soon have a tiny robot equipped to spot signs of troubles in its sewer system. The city’s water and sanitation department has enlisted the help of The Crawler to be the eyes of operators
South Africa’s digital migration project could be set for further delays after e.tv revealed on Tuesday that it has asked the high court to review “aspects” of government’s final broadcasting digital migration policy released last month by communications minister Faith Muthambi
Naspers, being heavily exposed to Chinese Internet giant Tencent, has been benefiting from an aggressive rally in Chinese equities since the third quarter of 2014, according to an analyst. Rob Price of ETM Analytics said on Tuesday that the Shanghai composite
Nokia – or what’s left of it after Microsoft bought its handset business – has revealed that it is in “advanced discussions” with Alcatel-Lucent with a view to buying the France-headquartered telecommunications equipment maker. The potential deal with
Privately held South African secure electronic communications specialist Striata has acquired New York-based Mass Transmit, a US-based provider of e-mail marketing tools and services. The value of the deal has not been disclosed. Headquartered in New York, with offices in
First National Bank’s eBucks rewards programme has given back R5bn to clients in the past 15 years, the banking group said on Tuesday. The bank’s CEO, Jacques Celliers, said eBucks had proved successful because of the way it integrated technology and analytics to reward
