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The high cost of broadband Internet access, low Internet penetration and slow Internet connectivity is holding South Africa back, according to Stanlib chief economist Kevin Lings. In a research note released this week, Lings says several global studies have found compelling links
SunSpace, started by a group of University of Stellenbosch students, has had a difficult and uncertain three years, filled with unfulfilled government promises and contracts that failed to materialise. Space has been identified as one of the department of science & technology’s five grand challenges – the others are the
In January, in the flurry of resolution that accompanies the new year, Dino Maloko (not his real name), 40, decided to bite the bullet and pay off his credit card. He was over R40 000 in the red, and he wanted to start the year off right. So he made a large payment into his bank credit card account and got his card debt
Hundreds of cars are being repossessed by agents employed by banks who drive around in unmarked cars with number plate recognition cameras mounted on top, it was reported on Monday. According to The Star, banks and owners of the technology claimed they were acting within the law
The implementation of e-tolls on Gauteng highways is imminent, the transport department and the national roads agency said on Sunday. “There are a few steps left in this process, but the implementation of the e-toll system is well on its way
Vodacom has announced a new product called International Calling Plus that allows customers to call 118 countries from rates starting at 89c/minute, billed on a per second basis. The operator says this amounts to a saving of up to 88% on some international calls. The product will be available from Sunday
A newly established technology company, Agilitude, hopes to capitalise on the fast growth of cloud-based customer relationship management (CRM) software developer Salesforce.com. Agilitude has a powerful board of directors. Chaired by former South African Revenue Service CIO Ken Jarvis, the board includes
MTN South Africa said on Friday that it had been “vindicated” by the Johannesburg labour court, which had found “no merit” to claims by a former employee, Violet Magagane, that she was retrenched for exposing allged corruption at the cellphone network operator. Magagane had said she
MTN and Absa have formed a task team to keep a “close eye” on fraud and “bring about new ways to rapidly clamp down on it”. The decision to create the team follows an urgent meeting where executives from the two companies discussed the recent spate of Sim-swap fraud cases. The special
Defending against cybercrime requires constant vigilance and training and collaboration between financial institutions, government departments and anyone else who is vulnerable to attack. That’s the view of Andrew Kirkland, country manager at cyber security firm Trustwave, who says there
