Open data: what SA cities can learn from New York

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A city is its people and the outcomes of the decisions and actions they can and do take individually or as groups. These outcomes, decisions and actions can be measured and captured. What would it require to take this data that makes

Multiply Group buys into new fintech firm

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Durban-based investment firm Multiply Group has acquired 35% of newly formed Crossfin Technology Holdings, part of the Capital Eye Investments’ portfolio, which owns stakes in several companies in the financial technology (space. Assets that

Austrian firm raking in 74% of all e-tolls: Outa

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The Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse (Outa) said on Monday that, according to its calculations, Austrian-owned e-toll collection company ETC earns nearly three-quarters of all tolls collected on behalf of roads agency Sanral. “Following

Uber executives’ fates uncertain

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After a Sunday meeting that lasted more than six hours, a representative for Uber Technologies’ board said directors have approved several changes, without providing clarity on the fates of CEO Travis Kalanick or his confidant and head of business, Emil

Elon Musk’s SpaceX joins the military

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Not long ago, SpaceX founder Elon Musk cracked what he once labelled a monopoly for US defence department space launches, successfully breaking into a business that was dominated by United Launch Alliance. The DOD’s appetite

Behind Telkom’s massive restructuring plan

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Telkom will soon have a new name. CEO Sipho Maseko is leading a major restructuring at the partly state-owned company that will result in “Telkom” becoming the consumer-facing retail telecommunications brand sitting under a new, “Remgro-style” corporate centre.

TV migration plan still in doubt

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The victory this week in the constitutional court by former communications minister Faith Muthambi over e.tv may not mark the end of the long-running dispute over encryption in South Africa’s digital television