outh Africa is set to pass a million registered Internet domain names ending in .za, South Africa’s delegation in cyberspace, by the first quarter of 2015. There are currently 969 190 registered domain names ending in .za, according to ZA Central Registry CEO Lucky Masilela, who revealed
The Public Service Commission (PSC) is investigating the appointment of President Jacob Zuma’s daughter Thuthukile Zuma, 25, to the powerful role of chief of staff at the ministry of telecommunications and postal services – and a new study shows her appointment may have
Technology group Altech, part of the JSE-listed Altron stable, on Thursday evening announced that it is making a big play into the video-on-demand and home automation markets with a new, satellite-based home entertainment product called the Node that it hopes will become a
Iono.fm is one of South Africa’s largest audio content aggregators and offers on-demand audio services for radio stations and other audio content providers. “When we started, we wanted to develop a personal video recorder (PVR)-like service for radio stations and build an audio-on-demand
Power utility Eskom was not there to make money, but to supply electricity, senior GM Andrew Etzinger said on Thursday. “We provide electricity to our customers, we are not here to make money,” he said at the Powering African Industry conference at Nasrec
A cellphone shop was robbed at Benmore shopping centre in Sandton, north of Johannesburg, Gauteng police said on Thursday. Armed robbers came in and pointed a firearm at the security guard and an employee, said Lt-Col Khensani Magoai. “They took them to the storeroom, forced them to open the safe, and
Absa on Thursday launched Features Store, a new platform it says will give its customers full control over their own transactional banking needs. The online platform is intended to be a one-stop shop where Absa clients can acquire new banking
After a series of failed recordings, the ZA Tech Show team is back in the studio. Brett Haggard is joined by Andy Hadfield and Adam Oxford for a bumper show all about the African start-up tech scene, Samsung’s Galaxy Note 4
Cell C will survive with or without “asymmetry” in mobile termination rates, but there is a principle involved that must be defended, the mobile operator’s CEO, Jose Dos Santos, has said. “This company will survive, irrespective of the outcome,” Dos Santos
Thami Mtshali has stepped down as CEO of iBurst parent Wireless Business Solutions (WBS), with financial director Clinton Holroyd being named acting CEO. WBS nonexecutive director David Hilewitz confirmed a report on Wednesday that
