Eight-year-old Lillian looks nervously at her king. It’s stuck; hemmed in on F3 by her opponent’s castle and queen. Two moves later, it’s all over. Checkmate. She looks around, despondently. Behind her around 20 other youngsters hunch over their chess boards
It’s rare: regulation which actually yields a positive result for both sides of the market it intends to “manage”. Sure, the move by regulator, Icasa, to start a licensing process for precious mobile spectrum is
Technology companies that make business software are never going to match the glamour of their consumer counterparts. Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg is a household name, but many would be hard-pressed
The SABC has still not replied to Icasa’s ruling that it must withdraw its ban on the broadcasting of violent protest footage. SABC spokesman Kaizer Kganyago on Wednesday said the broadcaster had
Eight SABC journalists who were fired this week have updated their urgent application with the constitutional court, requesting the court to intervene over their dismissals. The journalists, dubbed the
ThumbzUp, the local developer of mobile point-of-sale systems available in South Africa through Absa and in Australia through ANZ, is on the verge of signing significant new deals that will take it into
South African inflation quickened for the first time in four months in June, complicating the task of the Reserve Bank as it deliberates before announcing its rates decision on Thursday. The inflation rate rose
Microsoft reported quarterly sales and profit that topped analysts’ estimates, rekindling optimism about CEO Satya Nadella’s cloud strategy as more customers shifted to the company’s Internet-based software and
South Africans will soon get their medication from self-service, “ATM-style” machines. This was one of the announcements made by the South African ministry of health at the 21st International Aids
Eskom CEO Brian Molefe on Tuesday challenged the South African economy to grow and create jobs and gave the assurance that Eskom will be able to supply the necessary electricity. At the quarterly “state of the system
