Cape Town will not have tolled freeways like Gauteng, the roads agency Sanral has said. “Firstly, whereas in Gauteng we went out to borrow money in order to build the road, with Cape Town we will be appointing a concessionaire on a
Standard Bank has announced big updates to its banking application for smartphones. The app incorporates the Standard Bank ID, which was introduced with the bank’s tablet app in March. Once users create a unique login, they can use this across all their devices
Communications regulator Icasa should steer clear of developing regulations dealing with network neutrality, the Internet Service Providers’ Association (Ispa) has recommended. The recommendation comes in the ISP body’s submission to Icasa’s high-level
Brett Haggard gets together with Andy Hadfield and Steven Ambrose for a mobile money- focused episode. Topics discussed by the panel include Vodacom’s new R550 smartphone, the Internet.org app, impressions of
The Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (Icasa) did not follow procedure when deciding to allow three adult channels on local television, the Western Cape high court heard on Monday. Administrative justice had not been promoted and Icasa’s decision should thus be struck down, Murray Bridgman argued on behalf of
How is this for ambitious? Vodacom in South Africa is hoping to sign up 10m subscribers to its M-Pesa mobile banking and payments platform within the next five years. To put that in context, the cellular operator managed to
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Telkom’s suspended chief financial officer, Jacques Schindehütte, has retired from the group’s board. The telecommunications operator has agreed to pay him his full retirement benefits and to discontinue disciplinary proceedings against him. Telkom made the surprise announcement 30 minutes before markets closed on Friday
The Democratic Alliance’s bid to have the appointment of SABC chief operating officer Hlaudi Motsoeneng set aside will be heard…
JSE-listed technology company Pinnacle Holdings has warned that its headline earnings per share for the year to end-June are likely to have fallen by as much as 22% compared to the previous year. Earnings per share are likely to have declined by between 13% and 20%, the company said in a statement to its shadeholders