Newly appointed energy minister Jeff Radebe on Thursday confidently announced at a media briefing that the 27 outstanding renewable energy power producer projects will be signed on Tuesday, 13 March. Neither Eskom nor
In this episode of the TechCentral podcast, Duncan McLeod sits down with BCX CEO Ian Russell to talk about the company’s strategy following Telkom’s R2.7bn acquisition of the IT services provider. Russell talks about the
German enterprise software giant SAP admitted on Thursday that it had made payments to Gupta-linked companies and uncovered irregularities in the “management of third parties” and adherence to its compliance
Africa’s biggest mobile phone company is doing a spring clean of its empire. MTN Group said on Thursday it’s conducting a review to decide whether it really needs to be in all 22 of its markets across Africa and the Middle
Eskom is reviewing its business, including staff numbers and possible asset sales, to find a way out of massive debt and develop a more sustainable model, according to its chairman. The state-owned utility will hold
Vodacom’s flagship retail mall in Midrand, Johannesburg, located at its head office campus near the New Road offramp, is to get a major revamp. As a result of the upgrade, Vodacom World – as the facility is now known after it was
Vodacom and MTN should not be given any additional exclusive-use broadband spectrum to expand their networks, despite the two operators increasingly running up against network constraints, Telkom said in
I must admit I’m a little surprised by Telkom’s call this week at a high-stakes government workshop for all unassigned broadband spectrum to be allocated to a single wholesale network provider. I’m surprised because Sipho Maseko
Remgro is in advanced talks to buy fibre provider Vumatel as South Africa’s richest man seeks to consolidate the country’s expanding broadband infrastructure industry, according to people familiar with the matter. A deal by
Social media giant Facebook has joined the chorus of criticism of government’s Electronic Communications Amendment Bill, warning in a submission to the department of telecommunications & postal services that