MTN South Africa has appointed Giovanni Chiarelli as its new chief technology and information officer. Chiarelli replaces Babak Fouladi, who was interim CTO in addition to his role as MTN group executive for technology and information systems. Chiarelli has 17 years

If your life’s goal is to be a highly paid CEO, the US is the place. But if your dream is just to be richer than society, South Africa and India are great bets, too. In either case, probably best to avoid Thailand, Poland and

Snap, the parent company of Snapchat, has filed confidentially for an initial public offering, according to people familiar with the matter. Snapchat filed papers with the US Securities and Exchange Commission before last week’s US presidential election

Mark Pamensky, who is a director of a company owned by South Africa’s Gupta family that has ties with President Jacob Zuma’s son, resigned as a board member at state-owned Eskom, less than a week after the utility’s CEO quit. Recommendations will be made

Donald Trump’s presidential election victory has been described as stunning, shocking and having elicited a “primal scream” from the media. The president-elect resonated enough with more than

Telkom’s aggressively priced FreeMe mobile plans have proved to be a huge hit for Telkom, the telecommunications operator said on Tuesday. In the six months to 30 September 2016, Telkom’s mobile voice and

The Free Market Foundation has said the #datamustfall movement, which is agitating for lower mobile data prices, has largely gone unchallenged. Yet evidence suggests that South African data prices

Parliament’s ad hoc committee looking into the SABC and its board will begin its hearing into the broadcaster on 29 November. The ad hoc committee met for the first time on Tuesday to begin

The Right2Know Campaign (R2K) on Tuesday commended the SABC 8 for refusing to back down in the face of intimidation and death threats. With news of threats to the journalists’ lives emerging at the weekend

President Jacob Zuma has accepted the resignation of two more SABC board members. “President Jacob Zuma has received and accepted the resignations of Ms Vuyo Mhlakaza and Dr Aaron Tshidzumba