A national treasury official received training in nuclear finance, sponsored by South Korea, at an estimated cost of R500 000 in the 2014/2015 financial year. This information listed among others in national treasury’s 2014/2015 annual report contradicts claims by finance
US President Barack Obama warned Chinese President Xi Jinping Friday that the hacking of US companies must stop, as the two leaders agreed not to engage in government-sponsored theft of intellectual property and business secrets in cyberspace. “I raised, once again, our rising concerns
South Africa is to experience the rare double treat of a larger full moon, also known as a super moon, and lunar eclipse in the early hours of Monday, the Astronomical Society of Southern Africa said on
A South African sports Internet streaming start-up hopes to attract the interest of the industry’s emerging video-on-demand players, as well as telecommunications operators, as it seeks to
Communications minister Faith Muthambi’s silence on SABC chief operating officer Hlaudi Motsoeneng’s almost R1m salary increase was deafening, the Democratic Alliance said on Friday. The official opposition welcomed the ANC’s statement on Thursday condemning the
The department of public enterprises on Friday announced the appointment of Brian Molefe as permanent CEO of Eskom. Cabinet this week approved the appointments of Molefe as chief executive and Ben Ngubane as chairman of Eskom’s board, the department said. “Dr Ngubane has
ccording to Cell C CEO Jose Dos Santos, a stock exchange listing for the company is on his “radar”. Cell C, which is South Africa’s third largest network with 22m subscribers, has not been listed since its launch in 2001. This means the operator is not obliged to publish
Supply chain company Barloworld Logistics has denied claims by trade union Solidarity that it plans retrenching ex-Telkom staff. On Wednesday, Solidarity said former Telkom employees who had been transferred to Barloworld Logistics earlier this year as part of a section 197 process are again
After 15 years and several highly successful spin-offs, the incredibly popular crime drama series CSI: Crime Scene Investigation is ending. And it’s doing so in style, with a two-hour special on 27 September. CSI and its franchise has achieved something unique: it has made forensics glamorous and sexy
Changes to South Africa’s competition law have widened the scope for the country’s antitrust bodies to punish anticompetitive behaviour. But implementing the changes, which were passed into law five years ago, is proving to be fraught with difficulty. The Competition Amendment Act
