In the TalkCentral podcast this week, Duncan McLeod and Regardt van der Berg ask whether South Africa’s digital migration project is finally getting kicked into high gear. Also in the show this week, a wide-ranging
Early in Warren Buffett’s life, his father failed to get hired at the family grocery store during the Great Depression. Without a job, and without any money after a run on the banks, the family of four ran up a tab
Google’s latest European Union woes could mean opportunity knocks for app developers stymied by contracts that preinstall the US giant’s own services on Android phones and tablets, according to analysts and companies
Elon Musk is a master storyteller. Production troubles at the Tesla plant? He’s building a submarine to rescue children from a Thai cave. The most-shorted stock on the market? He’s sending water filters to
MTN Group workers in South Africa are set to go on strike after a breakdown in wage talks with a key labour group. The Communications Workers Union sent MTN an intention to strike and 120 protesters gathered
The department of communications has met with the local television manufacturing industry on the mass production of integrated digital television sets for the local retail market. This comes as the department
Former Telkom Group chief information officer Len de Villiers has joined the JSE as acting CIO with immediate effect. He has also been appointed as advisor on IT to Eskom CEO Phakamani Hadebe. De Villiers will work two
Nedbank’s venture capital fund is betting on drones reshaping agri-finance by investing in Aerobotics, a Cape Town-based aerial data analytics company making waves internationally. The R100-million venture capital
Netflix, home of The Crown and Stranger Things, set a new high for digital streaming, overtaking reigning champion HBO in Emmy award nominations for the first time. Netflix secured 112 nominations – more than any other
Electric car pioneer Tesla no longer has the road to itself. German car makers Daimler, BMW and Volkswagen are closing in and may pass their American rival by 2021, based on a consultancy’s ranking of electric