Blue Label Telecoms, the JSE-listed company in talks to buy a 35% stake in mobile operator Cell C for R4bn, has turned in a strong set of results for the six months to 30 November 2015. Headline earnings rose by 25% to R355m on the back of a
The newly appointed CEO of the South African Post Office has promised serious financial controls after years of instability at the struggling parastatal. Former banker Mark Barnes, who became Post Office CEO last month, told parliament’s
The South African Post Office came in for a grilling from parliament’s committee on telecommunications & postal services on Tuesday. The auditor-general’s report into the
The Post Office’s acquisition of a R161m, 10-year lease in 2010 for an office building in Centurion, Gauteng was “tainted by procurement irregularities and corruption”. This is according
Smart cities are quickly becoming a critical necessity due to the confluence of urbanisation, greater pressure on the successful management of a city due to a rising population, and climate change
MPs on Tuesday emphasised the need for more public participation in the Films and Publications Amendment Bill. The communications department and Film and Publication Board
Hot on the heels of its announcement that, with MTN, it will invest US$40m (about R650m) in African-focused online travel agency Travelstart, UK technology investor Amadeus Capital Partners has revealed another investment, this time in
It’s not your imagination. Involvement by managers and employees in collaborative endeavours has increased by 50% in the past two decades, according to research published in Harvard Business Review. The study found that in many companies, the
Who controls what in the digital world? Apple is currently involved in a court face-off with the FBI, and has refused to produce software that would help investigators to unlock the phone of San Bernardino gunman Syed Rizwan Farook. The clash
The independence of communications regulator Icasa is at stake in a tussle between the regulator and the department of telecommunications & postal services on how valuable spectrum will be assigned. It is common cause that the