Well-known ICT and advertising industry executive Justin Spratt will join Internet ride-hailing service Uber’s business development team on 1 September, TechCentral has learnt. Spratt joins Uber from the integrated
Negotiations between Telkom and the Communication Workers Union over a pay dispute have hit a roadblock. The CWU, which is behind a strike against Telkom, says workers at the
President Jacob Zuma is trying to reassert his authority by bidding to wield greater control over state-owned companies after the ANC’s worst-ever electoral showing. The cabinet announced plans on Monday
South African Reserve Bank governor Lesetja Kganyago has expressed openness to blockchain technologies which underlie cryptocurrencies like bitcoin. Blockchain technology acts as a digital distributed ledger
A Gauteng television sales account executive at the SABC was allegedly paid a multimillion-rand settlement after he was suspended last year. It has been reliably established that the advertising
The SABC operated within broadcasting legislation and the constitution when it decided not to broadcast violent protests, said communications minister Faith Muthambi. Muthambi and a delegation
The SABC is experiencing no financial crisis. In fact, the auditor-general is “very happy” with the state of the public broadcaster’s finances, said SABC board member Aaron Tshidzumba on Tuesday. He was part
The rand fell to its weakest level against the dollar in three weeks after the Daily Maverick website said a police unit had ordered finance minister Pravin Gordhan to report to its offices on Thursday, raising concern the
There is life after MTN Zakhele, the black economic empowerment scheme of telecommunications giant MTN, which is widely viewed to have created value for investors. On Monday, MTN announced that it will
Big-picture thinking is required to ensure a fair and equitable outcome in the allocation of the available spectrum slated for 4G roll-outs in South Africa. A great deal has been written, and said, about keeping the country’s best