Ructions tear at telecoms department

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A leadership crisis at the department of telecommunications & postal services is threatening to boil over after director-general Rosey Sekese fired one of her deputies, Gift Buthelezi, via an SMS this week while he was on leave. TechCentral has established

Job losses as Sabido set to close units

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Sabido Investments, which owns broadcasting assets including e.tv and eNews Channel Africa (eNCA), has announced it may have to close two loss-making divisions and has begun consultations with affected staff. The first business that may be closed down

‘I am still SABC board member’: Zinde

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SABC nonexecutive director Hope Zinde insisted on Friday that she is still a member of the public broadcaster’s board. “I want to assure you that I am still very much a member of the board of the SABC,” she said in a statement. The SABC board passed

Chappie, Hollywood and the ethics of AI

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From The Terminator to The Matrix, science-fiction movies have captured our fear of dystopian futures where we are ruled or subjugated by our own robotic creations. But Neill Blomkamp’s new film, Chappie features a far more humanised robot. Along with

Network gremlins hit Cell C

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Cell C was experiencing severe network issues on Friday morning, with customers of the mobile operator’s network not contactable.
The outage appears to have started just before 8.30am. Frustrated users have taken to Twitter to voice their dissatisfaction, complaining

Online start-up Ucook targets SA foodies

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Ucook is a start-up tantalising the tastebuds of foodies in Cape Town. It’s based on a concept called the dinner kit delivery service, but with an important difference: the customer still does the cooking. Run by David Torr and Christopher Verster-Cohen with angel investor

SA among first markets to get Galaxy S6

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South African consumers aren’t going to have to wait long for the new Samsung Galaxy S6 and Galaxy S6 edge, unveiled at the recent Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain. The new phones will go on sale in South Africa on 10 April, according to a posting on Vodacom’s

We’re tackling cybersecurity all wrong

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Another month, another data breach, and another set of proposals for what is seemingly an intensifying cyberattack problem.
When we examine the evidence, though, the actual expenses from the recent and high-profile breaches at Sony, Target and Home Depot

Is local e-commerce growing up?

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Although online retail counts for less than 1% of South Africa’s total retail revenue, local e-commerce players are betting on a rapidly maturing market that is moving online with increasing confidence. According to a recent survey released by advisory firm PwC, the

Parliament concerned over Eskom suspensions

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Parliament’s public enterprises portfolio committee is concerned at the suspension of four top Eskom executives, it said on Friday. “We register our concern regarding the stability and governance of the power utility, considering the current energy challenges facing the