Mark Shuttleworth is giving serious thought about a possible initial public offering or listing of Canonical, the company behind his Ubuntu Linux operating system for PCs and smartphones. This is
The SABC choir had cost the public broadcaster R3m in its 2014/2015 financial year, communications minister Faith Muthambi said on Friday. She was responding to a question from the
Standard Bank will be mostly offline this Sunday evening from 10pm as the bank works on its systems, it said on Friday. While customers will be able to make cash withdrawals at ATMs or
MTN says it has taken the Communication Workers Union (CWU) to the Johannesburg labour court for allegedly blocking entrances to the company’s offices and intimidating staff. MTN South Africa’s chief
Start-up Locomute, being launched on 1 June, is looking to turn the local car rental industry on its head by offering short-term use of vehicles for as little as an hour at a time. Underpinned by technology, Locomute is billed by its founders
MTN South Africa has shut down its e-billing portal until security concerns have been addressed, the mobile operator said on Friday. “This has been implemented with immediate effect and customers will receive their bills via e-mail
Six “mathletes” from South Africa will be vying for gold at this year’s International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO), to be held in Thailand in July. Held in Chiang from 4 to 16 July, they will compete with entrants from over 100 countries in the
MultiChoice is extending the footprint of the South African public broadcaster’s 24-hour TV news channel, SABC News, on its DStv satellite pay-TV platform to the rest of the continent. There’s been
South Africa’s big three mobile operators have taken a “short-term view to satisfy their shareholders” by increasing the price of their post-paid packages, a decision that could come back to haunt them in the longer term. That’s one of the conclusions
Local mobile operators’ claims that rising input costs are fuelling contract price hikes are not reflected in these companies’ financial statements, says a research body. Research ICT Africa has put together a research brief that asks whether