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South African National Parks (SANParks) has enlisted the help of technology research agency the CSIR to fight rhino and perlemoen poachers, it was announced on Sunday. The Kruger National Park would be the initial focus of their five-year strategic technology partnership, CSIR
Mxit has appointed former acting CEO Francois Swart as the company’s permanent head. Swart took on the role in October 2012 when then-CEO Alan Knott-Craig quit after clashing with the company’s board over strategy. Knott-Craig’s decision to quit followed a move by
Telkom Wholesale is doubling broadband ADSL connection speeds in a phased migration process that will begin on 11 November, the telecommunications operator said on Friday. Because of a planned network freeze over December and January, upgrades that aren’t completed in November will resume in February
With the number of Sim card fraud cases in South Africa rising sharply last year, the banks and cellphone service providers are locked in a blame game, with each party arguing that the other could do more to combat the virtual scourge. An increasing number of South Africans
The SABC has torn strips off new free-to-air satellite television platform Platco Digital, which plans to launch OpenView HD in mid-October, denying that it plans to carry its three television channels on the new platform. In a harshly worded statement, the SABC says
Times Media Group has continued offloading assets it deems noncore, reaching an agreement to sell Exclusive Books and Van Schaik Bookstores to a consortium led by Medu Capital for a deal worth R435m. Both companies were identified
In terms of a consent agreement with South Africa’s competition authorities, Telkom on Thursday unveiled further tariff reductions for certain wholesale products, including a sharp reduction in international bandwidth prices. Effective from 17 October, Telkom Wholesale will reduce the tariff for
Following the successful conclusion of Dimension Data’s acquisition of AccessKenya Group for R328m, the Johannesburg-headquartered company has announced that it has appointed its Middle East and Africa CEO, Derek Wilcocks, to the Kenyan company’s board
Although South Africa’s entertainment and media spending is expected to experience compound annual growth of 10,9% between now and 2017 – well above the global average of 5,6% – sales of physical books and music will remain flat at 0,4%, new research from PwC shows
Firm details have emerged about South Africa’s newest television offering, the free-to-air satellite platform OpenView HD, which is operated by Platco Digital, a sister company to e.tv. Platco on Wednesday released the names of the 16 channels that will be offered on its
