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Norbert Claussen, CEO of Altron subsidiary Powertech, has resigned from his position at the company. He has also stepped down as a director of the Altron board. His departure is effective from 30 June. Claussen joined the Altron group in 1996 as CEO of Willard Batteries. The division expanded to become
Although there has been “no active discussion” about it, the possibility of SA-headquartered IT services giant Dimension Data relisting on the stock market is not entirely out of the question, the group’s chairman, Jeremy Ord, has revealed in an interview with TechCentral. Ord says he can’t say at this stage
Are recent cuts in wholesale termination rates leading to lower calls prices? Cell C has effectively cut prepaid voice tariffs by launching its “Supa-Woza” promotion to customers on “all-day”, “per-second” and standard prepaid tariff plans which offers 50% bonus airtime if they recharge with R10 or more. However
Sanral remained silent on Tuesday over the ruling by the high court in Pretoria which brought the Gauteng e-tolling project to a halt. On Saturday, Judge Bill Prinsloo granted an urgent interdict to stop the protested tolling project which would have slid into effect on 30 April. Sanral has not responded to the ruling to indicate
Logicalis, a subsidiary of JSE- and London-listed technology group Datatec has offered to acquire Corpnet, a Brisbane, Australia-based provider of IT services including data centre, cloud computing and managed services to the Queensland midsized and enterprise markets. The deal, which will be worth
Former Jacaranda FM deejay and SuperSport presenter Darren Scott has launched an online radio station called Ballz and he is hoping it will shake up the broadcasting landscape in SA. Ballz follows in the path of other online radio ventures like Cape Town’s 2OceansVibe and is apparently already garnering a loyal
New twists have emerged in the US$4,2bn lawsuit filed by MTN’s cellphone rival, Turkcell, in a US court. Chris Kilowan, the disgruntled former MTN director in Iran who, according to sources, approached Turkcell with MTN memos that formed part of the court filings but have yet to be verified, could find that his actions backfire on him.
Rugby is a rough sport but it requires very little protective gear. That’s why one in four players can expect to be injured during a season. So, IBM is helping teams such as the Leicester Tigers in the UK to use predictive analytics to understand and reduce the injury rate for rugby players. As more and more money is at stake in pro sports
A ruling which would let the City of Johannesburg off the hook for inaccurate and inflated billing faces a court challenge, the Sunday Times reported at the weekend. The National Consumer Commission will ask the high court to set aside a ruling made by the National Consumer Tribunal, which cancelled 45 compliance notices which the commission
Unions and opposition parties at the weekend applauded the decision by the high court in Pretoria to put the controversial e-toll system on hold with immediate effect. Trade federation Cosatu said the decision would allow more time to look at alternative methods of funding road construction and usage. “We hope that the e-toll system will be abandoned forever
