Cell C has withdrawn a planned bond placement to help it reduce its high levels of debt, but the company remains confident it will raise sufficient funds through a planned restructuring to reduce its maximum
The country’s largest Wi-Fi provider, AlwaysOn, now allows customers to convert airtime into Wi-Fi data for its relatively pervasive network. At the entry level, R15 converts to 150MB of AlwaysOn data, which is less than half
Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse raised some interesting questions about roads agency Sanral’s 2016 annual report, which came out recently – specifically Sanral’s lack of enthusiasm for writing off
US intelligence whistleblower Edward Snowden believes that citizens need to push institutions for a right to encryption when communicating. Snowden was speaking via live stream to an audience at a briefing on privacy rights
The Venter family-controlled Altron group has made further progress in disposing of non-core assets, announcing on Tuesday the planned sale by subsidiary Powertech Industries of Powertech Battery Group to Trinitas Fund for R300m in cash
Peter Thiel is standing by Donald Trump, saying the Republican presidential candidate “gets the big things right” and that the US needs a political outsider to fix its systemic problems. The billionaire venture capitalist and Facebook board member
Telecommunications group MTN has a new chief financial officer. Ralph Mupita, the CEO of Old Mutual emerging markets, will take over as MTN’s CFO on 3 April 2017. Mupita’s appointment adds to a growing list of top executives
Last month, cabinet approved the national integrated ICT policy white paper, which gives meaning to the constitutional principle of not discriminating against any citizen. The white paper is an inclusive, overarching policy that covers the ICT and
The rand rallied to below R13,60/US$ during National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) boss Shaun Abrahams’ lengthy speech ahead of his announcement that charges have been dropped against finance minister Pravin Gordhan and
Pravin Gordhan was detained three times as he worked to bring an end to apartheid in South Africa, enduring beatings and suffocation at the hands of the police. He revealed no secrets. Now Gordhan, in his second stint as finance minister, is demonstrating