Black economic empowerment is still vital in SA, trade & industry minister Rob Davies said on Tuesday. “We cannot expect to grow and develop as a country if the leadership of the economy is still in the hands of only a small minority of the society,” he said. Davies was speaking at the
Consumers could go and buy their e-toll tags, as the transport department was busy concluding talks on the matter, minister Ben Martins has said, Beeld reported on Tuesday. Speaking at the launch of national transport month in Soweto on Monday, Martins said more precise plans around the
First National Bank is in final talks with UK-based mPowa, a rival to American firm Square, about using the payments company’s technology to give its clients the ability to accept card payments using mobile phones. mPowa offers a white-label solution that supports multiple
Although sales of BlackBerry devices continue to fall off a cliff in developed markets, Research in Motion’s successes in emerging markets, a forthcoming overhaul of its operating system, and the company’s pledge to keep wooing developers suggest the embattled company may be able keep its head above water. RIM’s forthcoming
Telkom may have broken JSE listing rules when it did not notify its shareholders that two of its directors would retire from the board this month, according to Monday’s Business Report newspaper. The two, Jackie Huntley and Julia Hope, would be retiring after Telkom’s annual general meeting on 24 October
The first step towards unbundling Telkom’s local loop of copper cables into homes and businesses, is meant to happen in November. But given the terms agreed between the fixed-line operator and the Independent Communications Authority of SA (Icasa), it’s not clear whether this deadline will be met. With
Picture this: it is Thursday evening, 8pm. You have spent the past three days working flat out on a deadline for work. But it is done now and you are finally home — kicking off your shoes and sinking into the couch with your favourite dinner. Aaah. The long-awaited evening in. A wave of contentment washes
A new study shows that Zambia has the lowest cost of electricity in the Southern African Development Community (SADC) region, with a rate of less than US$0,40/kWh. Namibia, meanwhile, charges as much as $7,83/kWh. According to the report, Malawi and SA have roughly the same end-user tariff of $4,47/kWh and
Shameel Joosub has been back at Vodacom — now as its group CEO — for only three weeks, but already he has slashed international call rates in reaction to a similar move by smaller rival Cell C, which is now headed by former Vodacom Group
Discovery Vitality, the rewards programme owned by Discovery Holdings, has signed a deal with SA’s third mobile operator, Cell C, that will see the two companies launching VitalityMobile, allowing Vitality members to call one another for free if both are using Cell C’s network. VitalityMobile will cost
