The Democratic Alliance will break up the SABC into various commercial entities and sell these to the highest bidder should it be elected to national government after the 2014 general election. The plan to privatise the SABC’s assets is contained in the DA’s policy on information and
The ANC has promised free Wi-Fi as part its 2014 election manifesto, unveiled on Saturday in Mbombela in Mpumalanga. “Government will support and develop free Wi-Fi areas in cities, towns and rural areas,” the manifesto says. It does not provide further detail on the nature
Last year proved to be a little quiet on the technology front. Internationally, there were few major developments, at least in consumer electronics. Manufacturers continued to refine their televisions, smartphones, notebooks and tablets rather than cracking
Telkom has held talks with a range of media companies, including America’s Netflix and Comcast, as it looks to build a video-on-demand service on its fixed-line broadband infrastructure in South Africa, its CEO, Sipho Maseko, has been quoted as saying
Microsoft South Africa MD Mteto Nyati and former Google sub-Saharan Africa boss Stafford Masie have been appointed to the board of JSE-listed education and recruitment company AdvTech. Nyati, who previously worked at IBM South Africa, and Masie, who is spearheading
The company behind the design and development of South African-manufactured smartphones and tablets is set to begin production of the…
As thousands of matriculants celebrate the release of their results on Tuesday, universities warned they would not accept walk-in applications. Universities had been inundated with thousands of applications for limited spaces. The Tshwane University of Technology received
Another year is behind us, and 2013 was another important one in South Africa’s technology industry. We know what our favourite stories were in 2013, but which articles did you, TechCentral’s readers, click on the most. These are the pieces, in ascending order from 10 to one, that generated the most
Korean dashboard camera company Pittasoft has released its first adventure camera, the Blackvue Sport SC500. It’s a hands-free video camera that can be used indoors, outdoors and even underwater. Inside the box, you’ll find the camera, detachable, 2-inch LCD screen, a 1 050mAh
The ANC on Monday welcomed the 2013 matric pass rate announced by basic education minister Angie Motshekga, saying it was “particularly pleased” with the improvement in the subjects of mathematics and science. “These results
