Skills gap strands SA business

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As CEO of First National Bank, Michael Jordaan moved the lender into the tech era by persuading customers to manage their accounts online. One of his biggest challenges was finding enough software developers. “At the time we had severe shortages

Should SA be writing its own PSD2 regulations?

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Europe’s Payment Services Directive 2 is expected to come into force in January 2018. With some banking industry commentators referring to it as the biggest development in banking history, one has to wonder why South Africa

DA slams ‘socialist’ ICT policy white paper

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Government’s national integrated ICT policy white paper is “monopolistic on a fundamental level”, is unconstitutional in parts and “entrenches ministerial intervention over critical components” of the ICT sector. This is the warning from the Democratic Alliance

6 reasons Google should buy Twitter

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Talk of a Twitter buyout has been rampant in recent days, with companies including Salesforce.com, Walt Disney and Google all reported to be considering bids. While the search giant hasn’t officially confirmed its interest, analysts at Cantor Fitzgerald & Co say Google’s

Hawks probe is ‘political mischief’: Gordhan

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Finance minister Pravin Gordhan said the police investigation into him is nothing but “political mischief” and will be resolved soon. “As far as the so-called investigation is concerned, that’s no more than a bit of political mischief, which

Wits to reopen, despite defiance

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Lectures are expected to resume at the University of the Witwatersrand on Tuesday morning, following three weeks of student protests. On Monday afternoon, former Wits SRC leader Mcebo Dlamini, one of those leading the “fees

Gov’t wants operators’ spectrum returned

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A plan to recover spectrum already allocated to mobile operators and a ban on the trading of frequencies in popular spectrum bands are among the policies contained in government’s new ICT policy white paper that are likely to raise the hackles of

Hlaudi has given courts the ‘middle finger’

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Democratic Alliance leader Mmusi Maimane says former SABC chief operating officer Hlaudi Motsoeneng has flipped the bird at South Africa’s legal system. “He has sent the middle finger to the judicial system. The courts don’t matter, and

MTN may pull plug on $220m Visafone deal

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MTN Group is considering abandoning the acquisition of Nigerian Internet provider Visafone Communications after the country’s industry regulator ruled that broadband spectrum shouldn’t be included in the deal, according to two