Low pay, insufficient weekend remuneration and a lack of transport money are key reasons for why MTN staff say they have gone on strike this week. On Wednesday, hundreds of MTN staff from the company’s call centres and service
The growth of smartphones in South Africa is revolutionising e-commerce, but marketing bosses have yet to accept that it’s not only wealthy people who now have the gadgets. “Most marketers understand that their customers in the higher
Lack of proper security in MTN’s e-billing platform means anyone can randomly access the confidential details of the operator’s customers, including their itemised billing information. The
Automattic, the company behind WordPress.com, has acquired South African-founded WordPress theme development and e-commerce enablement businesses WooThemes and WooCommerce. The deal is all about WooCommerce – a popular plug-on for
It’s an African reunion this week as Brett Haggard is joined by Google’s Michelle Atagana, Larry Madowo from NTV and Techcabal. Over a (sometimes shaky) Skype connection they talk about WhatsApp, Xbox One, the state of women in technology
Craig Venter, the 52-year-old son of Altron founder Bill Venter, has quit the group after 27 years of service. The move was not entirely unexpected after Altron last week announced it would
There was palpable anger on the streets outside MTN’s headquarters in Fairland, Johannesburg on Wednesday as hundreds of workers – mainly from the group’s call centre operations – went on strike
A cross-section of opposition MPs were united in taking apart communications minister Faith Muthambi’s second budget vote speech on Wednesday. Economic Freedom Fighters MP Mbuyiseni Ndlozi
SABC chief operating officer Hlaudi Motsoeneng says the public broadcaster will now launch with only five television channels once the long-delayed commercial start of South Africa’s switch from analogue to digital broadcasting begins. When
Deputy president Cyril Ramaphosa has offered motor vehicle owners an almost 50% reduction in fees for e-tolls. “A single reduced tariff will apply to all motorists the tariff of 58c/km