Although online retail counts for less than 1% of South Africa’s total retail revenue, local e-commerce players are betting on a rapidly maturing market that is moving online with increasing confidence. According to a recent survey released by advisory firm PwC, the
Government has proposed establishing a range of cybersecurity structures to deal with the growing threat of cybercrime, cyberterrorism and other online threats. In the proposed Cybercrimes and Related Matters Bill, which is being circulated for comment
Eskom on Thursday announced that it has asked its CEO Tshediso Matona and two other executives to “step aside” while an inquiry into the parastatal is conducted. Matona has been in the top job at Eskom for only six months. Before joining Eskom, he
Mixo Ngoveni is an amiable guy, which probably accounts for why he has been able to build his Geekulcha start-up as quickly as he has. Based at the Innovation Hub in Pretoria, the start-up has become the focal point for training, events and workshops for black students
Technology group Pinnacle Holdings will focus on bedding down its African expansion and focusing on company operations as a strategy to rebuild shareholder confidence. Pinnacle CEO Arnold Fourie says
Pierre Spies has been named as deputy CEO at technology group Pinnacle Holdings and is set to take the reins when the current CEO, Arnold Fourie, steps down. After a torrid year for the group, which included an investigation
Standard Bank has warned of downtime that will affect its customers for most of this coming Sunday. “Standard Bank wishes to advise customers of a planned system upgrade due
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Nokia, Motorola, Sony Ericsson and BlackBerry were all victims of disruption. During the 1990s and 2000s, they shepherded the cellphone during its period of take-off into ubiquity. Then in the last five years, they all lost their leadership positions and are now on the
A joint sitting in parliament on digital migration was packed to the rafters this morning. But the stars of the show, communications minister Faith Muthambi and telecommunications & postal services minister Siyabonga Cwele, failed to appear. Their deputies
