Communications minister Faith Muthambi has signed a secretive SABC memorandum of incorporation that strips the SABC board of its statutory powers. The memorandum gives Muthambi and SABC chief operating officer Hlaudi Motsoeneng overall control of the
A year after announcing that its CEO, Mark Simpson, had decided to leave the company to “pursue personal interests”, undersea cable operator Seacom has appointed Byron Clatterbuck to the role. Seacom founder and executive director Brian Herlihy
You recently proposed that all Internet apps — and their users’ communications — be compelled to make themselves accessible to state authorities. I want to explain why this is a very bad idea even though it might seem like a no-brainer. You said: “I have a very
Durban-based IT services company Adapt IT has turned in another strong set of financial results. Headline earnings per share climbed by 35% to 18,6c in the six months ended 31 December 2014 on the back of a 38% improvement in revenue to R261m. Growth came from
The Silk Road trial has concluded, with Ross Ulbricht found guilty of running the anonymous online marketplace for illegal goods. But questions remain over how the FBI found its way through Tor, the software that allows anonymous, untraceable use of the Web, to gather
Stage two of rolling power cuts have ended on Sunday, with the power system to be under “severe pressure” over the coming week, Eskom said. “Eskom stopped stage two load shedding at 10.10pm on 8 February 2015,” the parastatal
A court battle is set to rage over newly expanded powers that communications minister Faith Muthambi has gained over the SABC board, City Press newspaper reported on Sunday. “The changes
There were several interesting developments this week in the increasingly complex consolidation game unfolding in South Africa’s information and communications technology sector
We missed a week, but we’re back with a packed episode of TalkCentral. In the show this week, your hosts Duncan McLeod and Regardt van der Berg talk about Vodacom’s third quarter numbers
A financial black hole of growing proportions is engulfing Eskom as it dances between blackouts and load shedding. The utility claims that maintenance issues are the principal reason
